Nicole Richie Takes Out Restraining Order for Daughter

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Once a hot gal-about-town and now a sedate stay-at-home mom of two, Nicole Richie sent her legal team to an L.A. court to take out a restraining order against a paparazzo who has been stalking her daughter at the preschool she attends.

Richie contends that photographer Fabricio Luis Mariotto (pictured below) incessantly lurks around her daughter's preschool hoping to snap pictures of 2-year-old Harlow. Richie was so incensed by Mariotto's brazen ways that she decided to snap some pictures of her own, showing the stalker going about his dirty deeds at the preschool. Richie then attached her pictures of Mariotto to the restraining-order petition that she filed to support her case.

Richie states, "[Mariotto] drives erratically around my children and others, yells, screams and attempts to scare us so that he can photograph our reaction. He trespasses on preschool property to photograph the children." The mad mom also adds, "He has often left his car in the middle of a busy street just to chase me for a photograph."

Lawyers who represent Richie appeared in court and secured the restraining order on behalf of both her children. The socialite, fashion designer and actress also has a 14-month-old son, Sparrow. The father of both children is Good Charlotte's lead singer Joel Madden.

A judge granted Richie a temporary restraining order that requires Mariotto to stay 100 yards away from her and her family.

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