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Scarlett Johansson calls for paparazzi to be considered as ‘criminal stalkers’

Scarlett Johansson has called for paparazzi to be considered as “criminal stalkers”.

The actress was involved in a dangerous situation when she left Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday and was followed by a group of paparazzi.

She opened up about the experience to E! News and claimed that she was followed by five cars with men in them, who were breaking red lights to get photographs of her.

Scarlett added that they were “putting other drivers and pedestrians at risk so they could follow me to find out where I was staying and subsequently stalk me and my young daughter for the duration of my stay.”

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The 34-year-old called for the laws to change regarding paparazzi: “The paparazzi consistently go to increasingly dangerous lengths to stalk and harass the people they are photographing. Even after Princess Diana’s tragic death, the laws were never changed to protect targets from the lawless paparazzi.”

“Many paparazzi have criminal pasts and will perform criminal acts to get their shot,” she added.

The actress continued to say that paparazzi have taken photographs of her children and other people’s children while following her around: “The paparazzi put people’s lives at risk, so they can wait for days in quiet neighbourhoods in blacked out cars, and try to follow me to the playground and photograph my child and other people’s children in a safe place that should be off limits, but isn’t. All of this is perfectly legal.”

Scarlett also showed her concern for people’s safety and said that another tragic death, such as Princess Diana’s, could happen if nothing is done about the paparazzi.

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“I felt it was my duty as a concerned citizen who was being pursued dangerously and stalked to go to the local precinct and seek guidance there. I would encourage others in a similar situation to go to the police.”

“Women across the US are stalked, harassed and frightened and a universal law to address stalking must be at the forefront of law enforcement conversations. Until paparazzi are considered by the law for the criminal stalkers they are, it’s just a waiting game before another person gets seriously injured or killed, like Princess Diana.”

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