Cultist Gets 12 Months For Cyberstalking Parkland Dad

From the Justice Department:

On Oct. 20, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola sentenced James Catalano, 62, of Fresno, California, to 12 months in prison for sending hundreds of harrowing messages to a local activist against gun violence whose daughter was murdered during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

On March 28, 2023, Catalano pled guilty to cyberstalking. According to the court record, beginning in or around December 2021 and continuing through July 2022, Catalano sent the victim hundreds of disparaging messages, which graphically described the victim’s daughter’s death, and focused on the debate surrounding gun control and the victim’s activism against gun violence.

Law & Crime reports:



In the wake of his daughter’s death, Guttenberg became an outspoken advocate against gun violence. That apparently bothered Catalano, who repeatedly sent messages to Guttenberg accusing him of abusing his daughter and saying that she had been sexually assaulted before she was killed. “The defendant’s heinous messages accused the victim of molesting his daughter and graphically described the manner of her death and her pain and suffering as she died,” prosecutors said.

“The defendant admitted to law enforcement that he sent these messages to the victim because he believed the victim was using his daughter’s death to further his own political agenda.” The DOJ also outlined Catalano’s history of sending threatening messages to people other than Guttenberg. “YOU bit off more than you can chew, f—–,” he wrote, using a slur for gay people, according to the court filing. “Once escrow closes, watch what happens next. SHUT your f—— f—– mouth.”