Former Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove reflected on her terrifying experience with a stalker who lit himself on fire and fatally shot himself in the front yard of her home.
Former Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove reflected on a terrifying experience she had with a stalker that traumatizes her eight years later.
In 2016, a man who was stalking the « iCarly » alum, 30, lit himself on fire and fatally shot himself in the front yard of her Los Angeles home. Prior to his death by suicide, the man shot at a woman driving by Cosgrove’s house who he mistook for the actress.
During an interview with Bustle, Cosgrove, who still lives at the home where the incident occurred, acknowledged she still doesn’t feel entirely comfortable staying there.
« That’s another reason why I go back and forth to my parents’ house so much, » Cosgrove told the outlet. « I just don’t feel super safe in that house.
« For two years after it happened, I wouldn’t really stay there. Then I got into a relationship and because that person was there with me, I was less scared. But I don’t really like being there on my own that much. »
While attending an event for Kitten Rescue LA years later, Cosgrove recalled meeting the woman who was mistakenly targeted by the stalker.
« This girl came up to me, and she was like, ‘I didn’t know if I should tell you this here or how to say this, but I’m actually the girl that was at your house that got shot at,' » Cosgrove told Bustle.
