A man accused of stalking actress Jennifer Garner and her family will stand trial on two felony counts of stalking and two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a court order.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Windham found sufficient evidence to require 37-year-old Steven Richard Burky to proceed to trial.
Burky was arrested Dec. 14 near a nursery school that one of Garners’ two daughters with Oscar-winner Ben Affleck attends in the 1200 block of Alley One, at the rear of the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica.
Garner was granted a restraining order against Burky in November 2008 after telling a judge she feared for her life and that of her family. She alleged that Burky had been stalking her since 2002 and was becoming more and more threatening. According to her court papers, Burky once told her God had sent him a vision of her being persecuted in some manner that may result in her death.
The restraining order required Burky to remain at least 100 yards away from Garner and her family. Burky was put on a psychiatric hold last year. He remains jailed in lieu of $300,000 bail.
Burky is expected back at the Airport Branch Courthouse for arraignment on Jan. 19.
