Woman Who Stalked Kevin Spacey Gets 4 Years

A Massachusetts woman who threatened to blow up, torture and castrate Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey during what prosecutors called a "persistent and malevolent" cyberstalking campaign has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

In addition to four years and three months behind bars, Linda Louise Culkin of Quincy was ordered Wednesday in federal court in Boston to pay Spacey $124,000 in restitution for bodyguards.

The 55-year-old Culkin has been jailed since January 2012, meaning she has about 18 months to serve.

She pleaded guilty in November to charges including mailing threatening communications, and sending false information regarding explosives.

Spacey, who was not in court, said in an impact statement it was "difficult to measure the degree of terror" he felt.

Culkin apologized and blamed her actions on mental illness.