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  • Lindsey Buckingham was attacked in Santa Monica by a suspected stalker, Michelle Dick, who was later arrested in Indiana.
  • Michelle Dick faces multiple charges in Los Angeles County, including assault and vandalism, and is awaiting extradition.
  • Historical accounts of John Smith and Pocahontas show discrepancies, with some skeptics questioning the rescue narrative.

Lindsey Buckingham was attacked by a woman suspected of stalking him, according to police. The attack occurred in Santa Monica, California, multiple reports indicate. A woman threw an unknown substance at Lindsey Buckingham, though he was not injured, according to multiple reports.

Police have identified the suspect, authorities confirmed. The suspect is Michelle Dick, a 55-year-old woman, multiple reports indicate. Michelle Dick was known to Lindsey Buckingham due to years of alleged stalking and harassment, according to Rolling Stone.

She also blamed me for facial deformities she apparently suffered as a child and demanded money.

Lindsey Buckingham, Musician

The woman is known to Lindsey Buckingham from past incidents, authorities said. On March 25, Michelle Dick approached Lindsey Buckingham as he was walking into an appointment in Santa Monica and doused him with an unidentified liquid, multiple reports indicate. The woman found out when and where Lindsey Buckingham had an appointment and showed up at the location, authorities said.

Michelle Dick admitted to approaching Lindsey Buckingham and going to his home while speaking with KTLA earlier this month, according to Dick. A woman accused of stalking and assaulting Lindsey Buckingham was arrested in Indiana on Saturday evening, multiple reports indicate. Michelle Dick was arrested by the Allen County Sheriff's Office in Fort Wayne, Indiana, multiple reports indicate.

I do not know Ms. Dick and I am not her father.

Lindsey Buckingham, Musician

Michelle Dick was charged with seven criminal counts in Los Angeles County for the March 25 incident, according to Rolling Stone. Charges include criminal threats, misdemeanor battery, assault with a deadly weapon involving a motor vehicle, and vandalizing Lindsey Buckingham's vehicle, multiple reports indicate. Santa Monica police and the Los Angeles Police Department are working on the case, multiple reports indicate.

A Los Angeles judge issued a warrant for Michelle Dick, according to Rolling Stone. No arrests had been reported yet, but one was expected soon, police said earlier. In the restraining order petition, Lindsey Buckingham said Michelle Dick loitered outside his home, called him repeatedly, left threatening voicemails, and placed a false 911 call, according to Buckingham.

One time, that was last year. But I didn't know I had a restraining order on me. He wasn't a father to me, but he's my birth father.

Michelle Dick, Suspect

During the false 911 call incident, police descended on Lindsey Buckingham's home and placed him in handcuffs, multiple reports indicate. A Los Angeles judge granted Lindsey Buckingham's petition and ordered Michelle Dick to stay at least 100 yards away from Buckingham, his family, homes, and vehicles for five years, multiple reports indicate. Michelle Dick is currently awaiting extradition to California, multiple reports indicate.

The exact nature of the relationship or past incidents between Lindsey Buckingham and Michelle Dick remains unclear, as does the current status of her extradition and legal proceedings. According to Buckingham, he does not know Michelle Dick and is not her father, while The Independent reported that Michelle Dick described him as her birth father. Buckingham also said she blamed him for facial deformities she apparently suffered as a child and demanded money.

He's my birth father.

Michelle Dick, Suspect

John Smith's 1608 document 'A True Relation' contains the first appearance of Pocahontas in the historical record but no mention of a rescue, research from three sources indicates. In John Smith's 1608 account, Powhatan treats the captive Smith with 'kindness' and sends him back to Jamestown without incident, research from three sources indicates. Edward Maria Wingfield's 1608 account mentions John Smith's captivity and freedom but not the Pocahontas rescue episode, research from three sources indicates.

A 1609 Portuguese story by A Gentleman of Elvas tells of John Ortiz rescued by the daughter of a chief, an Indian princess named Hirrihigua, research from three sources indicates. The 1609 Portuguese story is cited by some skeptics as a possible source for John Smith's Pocahontas episode, according to some skeptics. Charles Deane described the Pocahontas rescue to be an 'embellishment' that never happened, while John Smith wrote of Pocahontas as a child of ten years old, the only nonpareil of Powhatan's country.

a child of tenne yeares old ... the only Nonpareil of [Powhatan's] Country

John Smith, Explorer

Leena Nair has been appointed as global CEO of Chanel, taking over day-to-day operations from the Wertheimers, research from three sources indicates. Leena Nair was previously Chief Human Resources Officer at Unilever, research from three sources indicates. Leena Nair is Indian-born, 52 years old, and an engineering graduate, research from three sources indicates.

Leena Nair worked her way up the ranks at Unilever after starting her career in the company's factories, research from three sources indicates. When Leena Nair began at Hindustan Unilever, factories didn't have women's toilets, and after she ensured some were built, they were jokingly dubbed 'Leena's Loos', research from three sources indicates. According to the Daily Mail, Leena Nair described her engineering class as having 3,000 boys and 18 girls, which toughened her up for male-dominated spaces, while a college professor described her as someone who would make a pretty lousy engineer but had a flair for management.

the Pocahontas rescue to be an 'embellishment' that never happened

Charles Deane, Editor

3,000 boys and 18 girls, which toughened her up for male-dominated spaces

Leena Nair, CEO of Chanel
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