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Monday, October 26, 2009
'Stalked' Reporter Leaves Town
By T.J. Wilham
Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal
Journal Staff Writer
Former KRQE Channel 13 news reporter Kellie Lavoie has no plans to come back to Albuquerque.
Her agent, Mort Meisner, said Lavoie had no choice but to go back to her hometown.
Lavoie took herself off the air last summer because of an alleged stalker. She demanded the station assign someone to accompany her on her assignments.
Lavoie had been working as a camerawoman and reporter on her assignments.
"She resigned because they basically threatened her with firing if she didn't go out as a one-man band. So she quit," Meisner said. "I tend to doubt that she will ever be back in Albuquerque. It was such an unpleasant experience."
KRQE Attorney Martin Esquivel said the station had nothing bad to say about Lavoie.
"We did have an agreement that neither of us would say anything derogatory about each other," Esquivel said. "While it seems like she is not keeping her part of the bargain, we will keep ours and wish her the best of luck."
Albuquerque attorney Ed Hollington, who represents Lavoie, said Lavoie and KRQE reached a resolution. He would not go into specifics. He said Meisner wasn't speaking on Lavoie's behalf when contacted by the Journal.
"She has moved out of town and is moving forward with her life," Hollington. "She is looking for work and has not found anything yet."
Lavoie had said someone had been stalking her for weeks, leaving gates open, lurking around her home, stealing trash cans and rearranging items in her backyard. She never saw the alleged stalker.
Albuquerque police could not identify the stalker or confirm the allegations.
APD detectives watched her for several weeks for her protection. They stopped their surveillance when Lavoie walked out of her home one night and demanded they leave.
Two weeks later, Lavoie filed a police report claiming she had been drugged and attacked. Albuquerque police could not verify the claims, although they forwarded their investigation to the District Attorney's Office.
Lavoie has made stalking claims three times in three separate cities. She said her problems in Albuquerque started shortly after she transferred in March from KRQE's affiliate in Roswell, where she said she left after month because of a stalker.
Lavoie filed a restraining order against a fan while working as a reporter in Duluth, Minn., earlier in her career.
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