Another student stalked
Kejal Vyas
Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: News
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Rutgers-Newark student Sheena Quashie is not the only student to have faced harassment from Anthony Daawud John, 24, of Newark.
After reading about Quashie's situation, Chenelle Covin, a sophomore management major at R-N, came out with her own stalking experience.
Just like Quashie, Covin met John on the networking website, Blackplanet.com in 2000.
Eventually Covin, who lives in Long Branch in South Jersey and was 14 at the time, invited John to meet at her church in Newark.
She didn't like what she saw and decided to break off the friendship.
But John didn't comply. "He told me that I was his girlfriend and I would tell him 'No!'" Covin remembered.
John continued messaging her through different sites and emails. "He would then make slanderous pages about me. He would say that I was having sex with a lot of people," Covin said. "It made me feel terrible. I was in high school at the time and people thought this stuff was true."
In 2002, John filed a harassment suit against Covin. The case was thrown out of court but Covin's father, Kevin Covin said, "The only way he could see my daughter was if he could get her to court. I really believe that."
In retaliation, the Covin family brought John to court in Neptune, NJ for harassment. Although John was forbidden to get in touch with Covin, he continued sending messages and in 2005, he brought her to court again for harassment only to have the case thrown out again.
Kevin said he worried about sending his daughter to college in Newark, where John resides. "It was always in the back of my mind and I hoped that he doesn't bother her."
Covin said she continues to get messages and e-mails but cannot prove they come from John, even though she's "certain that he's doing it."
After reading about Quashie's situation, Chenelle Covin, a sophomore management major at R-N, came out with her own stalking experience.
Just like Quashie, Covin met John on the networking website, Blackplanet.com in 2000.
Eventually Covin, who lives in Long Branch in South Jersey and was 14 at the time, invited John to meet at her church in Newark.
She didn't like what she saw and decided to break off the friendship.
But John didn't comply. "He told me that I was his girlfriend and I would tell him 'No!'" Covin remembered.
John continued messaging her through different sites and emails. "He would then make slanderous pages about me. He would say that I was having sex with a lot of people," Covin said. "It made me feel terrible. I was in high school at the time and people thought this stuff was true."
In 2002, John filed a harassment suit against Covin. The case was thrown out of court but Covin's father, Kevin Covin said, "The only way he could see my daughter was if he could get her to court. I really believe that."
In retaliation, the Covin family brought John to court in Neptune, NJ for harassment. Although John was forbidden to get in touch with Covin, he continued sending messages and in 2005, he brought her to court again for harassment only to have the case thrown out again.
Kevin said he worried about sending his daughter to college in Newark, where John resides. "It was always in the back of my mind and I hoped that he doesn't bother her."
Covin said she continues to get messages and e-mails but cannot prove they come from John, even though she's "certain that he's doing it."
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