Editing Paula Abdul (section)

=== 2008 stalking incident ===
On November 11, 2008, a 30-year-old woman named Paula Goodspeed was found dead in her car outside of Abdul's [[Los Angeles]] home in [[Sherman Oaks, California]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Greg Braxton |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-21-et-abdul21-story.html |title=Paula Abdul embraces 'American Idol,' survives controversy - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=2009-01-21 |access-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707082927/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/21/entertainment/et-abdul21 |archive-date=2012-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref> The death was ruled a suicide by drug overdose, and she was found surrounded by prescription pills, along with photos and CDs of Abdul. Goodspeed was an obsessive fan of Abdul, having legally changed her name to Paula, drawn many pictures of her, sent her flowers and auditioned for Abdul on [[American Idol season 5|season 5]] of ''American Idol'' in 2005 at a stop in [[Austin, Texas]], before being dismissed from the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6241069&page=1|title=Obsessive Fan of Paula Abdul Commits Suicide|date=November 13, 2008|work=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207134636/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6241069&page=1|archive-date=7 December 2008|df=dmy-all|access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref> Goodspeed had been accused in the press of being a [[Stalking|celebrity stalker]] but her relatives disputed the claim.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fleeman |first=Mike |url=https://people.com/crime/paula-goodspeed-sent-abdul-flowers-days-before-suicide/|title=Paula Goodspeed Sent Abdul Flowers Days Before Suicide|magazine=People|date=2008-11-14 |access-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922232213/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20240399,00.html |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3454575/American-Idol-contestant-Paula-Goodspeed-humiliated-by-rude-Cowell-say-family.html |title=American Idol contestant Paula Goodspeed humiliated by 'rude' Cowell, say family |newspaper=Telegraph |date=2008-11-13 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007195312/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3454575/American-Idol-contestant-Paula-Goodspeed-humiliated-by-rude-Cowell-say-family.html |archive-date=October 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Nancy|last1=Dillon|title=Friends defend Paula Abdul fan who committed suicide|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/friends-defend-paula-abdul-fan-committed-suicide-article-1.334516|work=New York Daily News|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612052901/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/friends-defend-paula-abdul-fan-committed-suicide-article-1.334516|archive-date=June 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>