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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Mansun’s Paul Draper: interim stalking protection order imposed for alleged stalking of the Anchoress

Paul Draper in 2018.
Paul Draper in 2018. Photograph: DGDImages/Alamy

Paul Draper, former frontman of the Britpop band Mansun, has had a six-month interim stalking protection order imposed after being accused of stalking the musician Catherine Anne Davies, AKA the Anchoress, including sending “abusive and sexually orientated” messages to the musician and her manager, Sean Adams.

After Draper’s musical career had effectively ended following the demise of Mansun in 2003, Davies invited him to sing on her debut album, 2016’s Confessions of a Romance Novelist, and then helped him launch a solo career, co-writing songs for his 2017 album, Spooky Action, which charted at No 19.

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