
Man Arrested And Charged For Stalking Iowa’s Caitlin Clark
You never know what someone might be going through, especially celebrities and athletes, until news about something so scary as this comes out.
Iowa's greatest female athlete and WNBA/Indiana Fever star, Caitlin Clark, has been having to deal with being a victim of harassment and stalking. The man who has been charged with stalking Clark was arrested on Sunday.
On Monday, officials with the Marion County Sheriff's Office announced that 55-year-old Michael Lewis of Denton, Texas was arrested on a felony stalking charge in Indianapolis, according to ESPN. Lewis allegedly has sent Clark numerous threatening and sexually violent messages via X (formerly Twitter).
Lewis was arrested at an Indianapolis hotel Sunday and was charged with one count of stalking threatening sexual battery or death, a Level 5 felony. He could face up to 6years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A court date is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
In a press release, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department did a welfare check on Lewis at his hotel room on Wednesday, Jan. 8th about his alleged messages to Clark on X from Dec. 16 through Jan. 2.
In the release, Lewis told officials his messages were "a joke" and a "fantasy type of thing." He also said that he and Clark were in "an imaginary relationship."
Lewis did not stop posting on X to Caitlin although officers told him to. Alleged messages sent to Clark by Lewis, according to ESPN, include:
- "Been driving around your house 3x a day."
- "They said I was sending threatening texts..but the only though on my mind was....CAITLIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNN."
- "I'm getting tickets. I'm sitting behind the bench."

"No matter how prominent a figure you are, this case shows that online harassment can quickly escalate to actual threats of physical violence," Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in the press release. "It takes a lot of courage for women to come forward in these cases, which is why many don't. In doing so, the victim is setting an example for all women who deserve to live and work in Indy without the threat of sexual violence."
The Indianapolis Star reports that prosecutors have filed an order banning Lewis from Hinkle Fieldhouse and Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Those two locations are where the Indiana Fever regularly plays. A no-contact order has also been issued, according to ABC.
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