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Man arrested for stalking UConn star Paige Bueckers shared WEDDING invites after bizarre marriage claim READ MORE: Caitlin Clark smashes another WNBA record in Indiana Fever game READ MORE: WNBA commissioner SLAMMED for dodging question on racism By Oliver Salt and Reuters Published: 12:41, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 12:44, 17 September 2024 e-mail View comments A 40-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly stalking and harassing UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers. Robert Cole Parmalee of Grants Pass, Oregon , appeared in Connecticut Superior Court on Monday after being arrested by UConn police on Friday. He is currently being held on a $100,000 bond.
Connecticut State Police previously arrested Parmalee on August 27 after he was seen walking on a controlled-access highway near Hartford. He told police he was on his way to see Bueckers, 22. He first surfaced on UConn's radar back in June after sending the school's communications department a series of odd emails, school police reported.
Claiming to be part of the royal family , Parmalee allegedly wrote that he wished to marry someone involved with the Huskies' women's basketball team. Robert Cole Parmalee (right), 40, has been charged with allegedly stalking and harassing women's basketball star Paige Bueckers (left) READ MORE Caitlin Clark's boyfriend makes huge announcement - but what does it mean for their relationship? The Oregon native also referenced Bueckers in multiple social media posts. One contained a fake wedding invitation, while others showed him with what was possibly an engagement ring.
He also posted before his August 27 arrest that he intended to propose to Bueckers and have her kicked out of UConn. A school police officer noted other alarming posts from Parmalee, including one from his TikTok account. 'And if I cannot live with a woman of my choosing, (Bueckers), then I will choose to die, and I will choose to take all of you that (op)pose me, oppose us, to hell, and return, king.
..,' the post read.
An affidavit indicated that Parmalee had been messaging Bueckers on Instagram since February. The Huskies guard never replied, per the document. She told UConn police Friday that she feared for her safety and that of her family and teammates, the affidavit noted.
Parmalee is said to have created fake wedding invites after claiming he wants to marry a member of the Huskies team Bueckers represents Neither Bueckers' lawyers nor the UConn women's basketball team commented on the matter. A Connecticut Superior Court judge said Monday that Parmalee will be under 'intense pretrial supervision,' including GPS tracking. Parmalee is set to appear in Connecticut Superior Court on October 22.
Bueckers was the Big East Player of the Year and a first-team All-American last season as a redshirt junior. The guard averaged a career-high 21.9 points per game and helped the Huskies reach the Final Four.
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