Denver DA 'putting my life in danger,' meteorologist says

(NewsNation) — A Denver meteorologist says the city's district attorney is placing her life in jeopardy by not placing her stalker behind bars.

NewsNation affiliate KDVR meteorologist Kylie Bearse joined "Banfield" on Tuesday to discuss her traumatic experiences over the past three years, as a 69-year-old man keeps stalking her, notwithstanding multiple restraining orders.

"I did everything right, assuming that the system was in place and the laws there to protect me and to put this man in jail for a period of time, and so it was really disappointing and disheartening when it just doesn't ... work, and I'm left feeling unsafe," Bearse told NewsNation.

"He is wearing an ankle monitor, so he is not allowed to come within a certain distance of where I am, and, of course, my work and whatnot," she said of the man.

"But even then, you get a heads up of a couple of minutes, the police can't get there in time. If this person wanted to be violent, they could do so within that period of time."

In 2023, Bearse got a temporary restraining order, but the man broke the restraining order more than 50 times in two months. In January of 2024 ,she got a permanent restraining order, and for 18 months, things went quiet, until Sept. 11, when the stalker followed Bearse home.

According to Bearse, Denver District Attorney John Walsh told her that he did not charge the man with felony stalking after violating a protection order by "trapping" Bearse in her garage, instead using a "judgment call" to bring it down to a misdemeanor. Walsh allegedly added that the 18-month gap between violations contributed to it being a misdemeanor.

"And I said, 'Well, your judgment call is putting my life in danger,'" Bearse told NewsNation of her conversation with Walsh.

The man was issued a $1,500 fine and had no restrictions placed on his comings and goings. NewsNation has reached out to the Denver District Attorney's Office and has not yet received a response.

Bearse is not taking any other legal recourse but wants to speak out in the hopes that things will improve in the future.

"I'm just hoping that, you know, this doesn't happen to other women going forward," she said. "This is why I wanted to share my story. I want them to be harder on stalking so that it doesn't happen to other people."