Man Convicted of Stalking Uma Thurman Was Once a ‘Golden’ Boy

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Man Convicted of Stalking Uma Thurman Was Once a ‘Golden’ Boy

Posted May 8, 2008, 08:31 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

Jack Jordan, convicted of stalking Uma Thurman, was once a happy, easygoing boy who was a competitive swimmer with ambitions of becoming a neurosurgeon.

Jordan’s mother, Beth Jordan, spoke with the New York Times in hopes that her son would get the psychiatric treatment he needs when he is sentenced in June. Beth Jordan is the daughter of an Appalachian coal miner and her husband is a nuclear physicist.

“This is a son that from the moment he was born, he’s number five of eight, I said, ‘My God, he’s perfect,’ ” Beth Jordan told the Times. “His entire life he’s been called perfect. He was like a golden, beautiful boy-man. I’m a blessed mother, how could I be so fortunate? Oh, how sad.”

A fellow student said Jack Jordan was funny and different, and had a lot of charisma. His mother agreed he was “witty, droll.”

But Jack Jordan underwent a change when he was age 25, his mother said. He started losing weight, began smoking marijuana, and took on menial jobs as a lifeguard and pool cleaner. About five years ago he began having hallucinations that he was talking to Jesus and Muhammad. In 2005, he was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility for a brief time.

But he did well when he was taking the antidepressant Lexapro and even attended graduate school for six months, she said. “I just wish I could do something for him.”

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