Today, March 26, 2025, media outlet ETimes released a YouTube video of Betsy Arakawa’s hairstylist revealing how she and Gene Hackman were stalked by a man. According to the information released, Arakawa had voiced her concerns and fears about the incident that occurred two months before their deaths.
Via a video recorded by a bodycam, Arakwa’s hairstylist, Christopher, disclosed, “There was a man that had parked outside of their gate […] The guy followed them from — parked outside of the gate, followed them from the gate of the residence all the way to White Rock.”
He continued, “The guy pulled out a folder of photos of her husband,” before adding that the couple was stalked for a second time by the same mystery man.
The hairstylist confirmed that Betsy Arakawa had expressed the fears she and Gene Hackman had to him directly, adding that she told him the man had wanted Hackman to autograph the photos he had of him.
“She approached him and said, I told him he needed to have more respect,” noted Christopher. More details on the story will follow shortly.
