Actress Thurman testifies in stalker trial

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NEW YORK (AFP) — Actress Uma Thurman has taken the stand in New York in the trial of a man accused of stalking her, recounting how he had sent threatening emails to her parents, the New York Post reported online.

The "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction" star told Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday that Jack Jordan, 37, who has been treated for mental illness, threatened to kill himself unless he could see the actress within a few days, it said.

Receiving no response, Jordan turned up at the set in Manhattan where Thurman was filming in November 2005 and tried to get into her trailer, before leaving a note under her door, the actress told the court, the Post reported.

Prosecutors say the man also turned up at Thurman's Greenwich Village home, where she lives with...