Woman must stay away from Farrell

A WOMAN who confronted Irish actor Colin Farrell on a US chat show has been ordered to stay away from him for three years.

A judge extended an existing restraining order on Dessarae Bradford, 31, barring her from going within 150 yards of the star.

Mr Farrell’s lawyer, Jeff McFarland, told the court in Santa Monica, California, that legal teams in Ireland were working on getting a similar order here.

The New York Daily News said Ms Bradford has told interviewers she intends to visit the Miami Vice actor in his native country.

Former phone-sex operator Ms Bradford had said she would be in court but did not turn up. Mr Farrell, who has said in court papers that he does not know Ms Bradford, was not present either.

The order also applied to the actor’s two-year-old son, James, and his mother, the New York Daily News said.

Mr Farrell got the initial restraining order in July, after Ms Bradford approached him during the filming of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.