Counselor sentenced for stalking her former patient after romantic rejection, Sacramento DA says
A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Monday sentenced a woman to nearly a decade in prison for stalking her former counseling patient who had reported her for making “a romantic advancement” toward him, prosecutors said.
Bridget Ann Adams, 40, was convicted of stalking, stalking while prohibited by a court order, false imprisonment, solicitation to commit a crime, two counts of perjury and two counts of witness intimidation, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday in a news release. She was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison.
In 2022, Adams made “a romantic advancement toward” her former counseling patient, who rejected Adams and reported her to credentialing agencies, prosecutors said.
Adams then sent her former patient harassing texts and made harassing phone calls, followed him in her car, posted his personal information online and impersonated attorneys and investigators to convince the victim to drop his complaint, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Adams also filed a court request for a temporary restraining order against the victim, in which she presented threatening emails she claimed were sent by the victim. The filed court document was signed under penalty of perjury.
She later reported multiple falsified restraining violations and appeared in court to pursue the restraining order, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Based on evidence submitted by Adams, her former counseling patient was arrested and held in jail on felony charges.
“An investigation swiftly revealed Adams sent the threatening emails to herself and doctored them to implicate the victim,” prosecutors said in the news release. “The victim was released and all charges against him were dismissed.”
Adams continued to stalk the victim, file false reports and make threats against his family after she was served with a criminal protection order prohibiting her actions, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Adams was arrested, and then she instructed one of her relatives to write and forge letters impersonating the victim and a witness.
“Her plan was to use the letters as evidence at a bail hearing and to falsely implicate the victim and a witness in crimes, so that they would be arrested and unable to testify at trial,” prosecutors said in the news release.
Judge Michael Sweet sentenced Adams, who remained in custody Wednesday afternoon at the Sacramento County Main Jail. She’s awaiting transfer to prison.
