Janet Jackson wants 'stalker' banned

Singer Janet Jackson is seeking a restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her for nine years and tried once to bring a knife to a New York studio where she was rehearsing for a TV appearance.

The US pop singer said in a motion filed on Tuesday in Superior Court in Santa Monica, California, that she has become increasingly frightened of Robert Gardner, 46, of New York, since he was stopped by security guards as he tried to enter a rehearsal for NBC network’s “Saturday Night Live” in April.