Shakira’s stalker Daniel John Valtier has been arrested after sending the singer gifts of wine, chocolate, and toys through the mail.
Valtier was apprehended 0utside a Miami home owned by the Colombian singer and charged with one count of stalking.
Shakira’s security team told Valtier to stop sending her gifts and posting details about her online.
They grew concerned when they spotted an Instagram post in which he allegedly boasted about going to the singer’s Miami Beach home and shared a photo of a business card for a motel in Florida.
The 56-year-old, from El Paso, Texas, shared multiple posts on social media about Shakira which were handed to authorities by her security team on January 3.
He showed up at the singer’s home just five days later at 12.45 am in a taxi before he was arrested.
Valtier said he couldn’t comply with an order to stay away from Shakira when he was presented in court.
“She’s my wife. I speak to her all the time,” he told the judge.
The judge ordered Valtier to stay away from Shakira and not to contact her despite the suspect’s claims they were married.
“No sir, she is not your wife. I have some concerns, real concerns right now because this man is delusional,” the judge said.
Valtier was charged with stalking as well as hiring a vehicle with intent to defraud for not paying the $70 fare.
Prosecutors asked for him to be held on a $50,000 when he appeared in court on Tuesday January 9, 2024.
The judge then doubled the bond to $100,000 and ordered Valtier to stop sending packages and trying to speak to Shakira.
Shakira’s stalker has a criminal history which stretches back to 1988 and has been arrested for charges including drugs, aggravated assault, driving while intoxicated and public intoxication.
He was last arrested in El Paso in 2019 for criminal trespass, according to jail records.
