Jennifer Garner wins court order

November 21, 2008

Jennifer Garner has won a restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her for years.

An attorney for Garner appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom yesterday morning and won three years of protection for Garner, husband Ben Affleck and their daughter, Violet.

As first reported by TMZ, Garner petitioned for protection earlier this month from 36-year-old Steven R. Burky, who she says has been harassing her since 2002.

The former star of the television series Alias wrote in a sworn statement that she believed Burky's "obsessive, threatening and stalking behavior" posed a threat to her and her family.