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Singer Ashanti leaves the courthouse after testifying at Devar Hurd’s trial in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 | 6:10 p.m.
NEW YORK — R&B star Ashanti says she's "shocked and horrified" at the possibility of being questioned again by a stalking suspect after a New York mistrial.
But the Grammy-winning singer tells the Associated Press she'll "do whatever it takes" to make sure her family is safe.
A juror's illness prompted the mistrial Thursday, two days after Ashanti told jurors she was scared and "disgusted" by Devar Hurd's behavior.
Hurd represented himself and cross-examined her.
He'd been convicted in 2009 of stalking Ashanti's mother by sending her crude text messages about her multiplatinum-selling daughter. He served about two years in jail and was ordered not to contact the family.
Then the family realized in 2013 Hurd had been tweeting Ashanti X-rated messages and posed for a photo with her sister.
He says he meant no harm.
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