KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Body camera footage shows Post Malone’s accused stalker, Cherish Gomer, during an arrest.
- Gomer faces felony charges of stalking and violating a criminal stalking injunction.
- Police express concern over Gomer’s allegedly escalating behavior and her perceived spiritual calling.
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS ā Newly obtained body camera footage showed one of five arrests of Post Malone’s accused stalker, as the jailed woman on Monday awaited a scheduling hearing later in the week.
Last week, 31-year-old Cherish Gomer was charged with three third-degree felony counts each of stalking with a prior conviction and violation of a permanent criminal stalking injunction in connection with three alleged visits to the star’s property beginning in late July.
Court documents noted that the permanent stalking injunction had been in place since May 23.
Gomer was awaiting a scheduling conference Friday afternoon, in which her ongoing detention was expected to be addressed.
She continued, as of Monday, to be held without bail at the Salt Lake County Jail.
After Gomer’s Aug. 4 arrest outside the star’s property, Cottonwood Heights Police Chief Robby Russo said officers were concerned by Gomer’s allegedly escalating behavior.
“She truly believes she has a calling from some sort of spirit animal, and she thinks she has a relationship with Mr. Post, and so she’s ‘entitled’ to do this, which is incredibly alarming, and these people can be incredibly dangerous as we’ve seen throughout history,” Russo said during an interview on Aug. 4.
Rich Post ā Post Malone’s father ā told KSL-TV on Aug. 4 that the woman had been to his son’s property at least a dozen times since the first of the year.
Body camera footage obtained by KSL showed a previous encounter between officers and Gomer on Feb. 1, when court documents noted it was her third visit to the property in a month’s time at that point.
“I got called here,” Gomer could be heard telling officers in the video.
Officers appeared to recognize Gomer and reminded her that she had promised them not to return.
“Well, I didn’t promise,” Gomer replied.
As Gomer continued to tell officers she had been called to the property, one of the officers explained to her in frank terms that it was not the case.
“What did we tell you,” a female officer could be heard telling Gomer in the body camera video. “Your spirit was wrong. You have a crappy spirit.”
“No, I don’t have a crappy spirit,” Gomer replied.
“You do, because your spirit keeps leading you right here, and you end up in the same spot,” the officer countered. “I don’t care if you’re a child of God. You can be that but not come here and harass and stalk people.”
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