Billie Eilish was granted a temporary restraining order against a man accused of 'extremely disturbing and threatening' harassment

• Billie Eilish has been granted a temporary restraining order against a 23-year-old man.
• The singer accused John Matthews Hearle of harassing her outside her home since August.
• In court documents reviewed by Insider, she also said Hearle sent her threatening letters.

Billie Eilish has been granted a temporary restraining order against John Matthews Hearle, a 23-year-old man who she has accused of harassment.

According to court documents reviewed by Insider, Hearle regularly "camped" across the street from Eilish's childhood home, watching the teenager enter and exit her home since August.

The 19-year-old singer said that Hearle would stare at Eilish while "talking to himself in an ominous voice." She also accused him of frequently making threatening hand gestures towards her, including beckoning motions and a "throat slitting gesture."

"I no longer feel safe going outside my home and enjoying basic physical exercise in my neighborhood, as he could attempt to approach and hurt me," Eilish said in her request for the protective order. "Every time I see him I just want to scream."

"Every time I drive home I am filled with anxiety fearing that Hearle will be there waiting for me, and he usually is," she wrote, adding that his "constant presence and harassment" causes her "substantial anxiety, fear, and emotional distress."

Eilish also accused Hearle of leaving "extremely disturbing and threatening" letters on her property, including one that said, "You can't get what you want, unless what you want is to die for me."

"You will know that soon the water will rise, and you might very well die," the letter continued, according to her declaration. "You will die. What are you dying for?"

A declaration from Eilish's father, Patrick O'Connell, said that Hearle has left at least 13 letters for Eilish. O'Connell said they are "very disturbing," often "difficult to decipher," and has his family feeling "vulnerable and unsafe."

Photos of the 13 letters found by O'Connell were attached to the court documents Insider reviewed. One reads, "I need you to know If you don't take it seriously you will DIE."

In another letter, the writer identifies himself as "Lucifer, Adam, government name John Matthews Hearle."

Eilish lives with her father and mother, Maggie Baird, in a Los Angeles suburb. The court ordered Hearle to stay away from Eilish, her parents, and their property.

The temporary order expires in less than one month, on March 4, the same day a hearing is scheduled to review the matter.

Hearle has not publicly addressed Eilish's accusations and could not be reached for comment.

A representative for Eilish did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.