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A former county social worker has pleaded guilty to stalking actor Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Diana Napolis of La Mesa was treated for mental illness after her arrest last November on charges of making death threats against Hewitt.

Napolis, 47, confronted Hewitt at a July 2000 appearance at a San Diego radio station. Court documents indicate that she also yelled "Murderer!" and "Killer!" at the Hewitt outside the Kodak Theater in Hollywood last year.

As part of her plea Monday in Superior Court, Napolis agreed to stay away from Hewitt for 10 years. She faced up to six years in prison, but is to be released at her sentencing Oct. 28.

"She was under some stress at the time the incident occurred," said defence lawyer Robert Ford.

Napolis told the San Diego Union-Tribune last year that Hewitt and director Steven Spielberg were part of a satanic conspiracy capable of "remotely manipulating my body via cybertronic technology." She was arrested after she sent an e-mail to the web master of a Hewitt fan site.

"I plan on firing a gun at her heart and not missing," she wrote, according to court documents.

A Los Angeles judge ordered Napolis last year to stay away from Spielberg at the director's request. She was also prevented from entering the Los Angeles premiere of Hewitt's movie The Tuxedo, which Spielberg's studio released.

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