2026年6月23日 / 美国东部时间早上6:36 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
洛杉矶讯——一名法官周一认定，一名被控在刺杀案中杀害演员詹姆斯·汉迪的男子不具备参与刑事法庭诉讼的精神能力。
洛杉矶高等法院法官玛丽亚·卡瓦卢齐裁定，44岁的迈克尔·格莱德希尔无法理解针对他的指控，也无法理性地协助律师为自己辩护。
警方及检察官表示，81岁的汉迪曾出演《勇敢者的游戏》和《壮志凌云：独行侠》等影视作品，他与格莱德希尔的母亲处于恋爱关系中。6月3日，汉迪被发现胸部中刀、不省人事地倒在其女友家门外，随后被送往医院并宣告不治身亡。
“任何人都不该以这样的方式结束生命——胸部中刀，倒在别人家前院里奄奄一息，”洛杉矶县地方检察官内森·霍克曼当时表示，“受害者詹姆斯·汉迪本应安享晚年，享受自己毕生奋斗换来的成果，和所爱之人共度时光。”
警方称，格莱德希尔主动向警方自首称自己就是警方要找的人。此前一名拨打911的报警者称：“我是那个人的儿子，我刚杀了罪孽之人。”警方接警后赶往该住宅。
格莱德希尔尚未提出抗辩，也未出庭参与本案。在6月5日原定的传讯中，法官暂停了对他的起诉程序，将案件移交专门负责精神健康评估的法庭审理。
该法庭在精神评估后迅速作出裁决，认定格莱德希尔不具备受审能力。卡瓦卢齐在周一的听证会上还认定，格莱德希尔无法做出合理的用药决定。她签署命令，准许对其进行为期一年的强制药物治疗，理由是一名精神病医生判断，适当的药物治疗可以极大改善他的精神健康状况。
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法官下令格莱德希尔于7月14日出庭，就其长期安置事宜参加听证会。如果后续认定其精神能力恢复，案件将进入审判程序。
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汉迪的 longtime friend、同为演员的布莱恩·德莱特在汉迪遇害后不久告诉美联社，格莱德希尔的母亲曾整修车库让儿子居住。汉迪自有住房，但大部分时间都在女友家度过。德莱特称，汉迪曾随口提过女友的儿子有精神健康问题。
汉迪是一位活跃多年的资深配角演员，出演过数十部影视作品。
他最为人熟知的角色包括1995年电影《勇敢者的游戏》里的灭虫员，以及2022年电影《壮志凌云：独行侠》中的酒吧老板吉米。他还参演过诸多顶级刑侦剧集，包括《海军罪案调查处：洛杉矶》《罪案终结》和《铁证悬案》。
Actor James Handy’s alleged killer found mentally incompetent for prosecution
June 23, 2026 / 6:36 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Los Angeles — A judge found Monday that a man charged with murder in the stabbing of actor James Handy is not mentally competent for criminal court proceedings.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi ruled that 44-year-old Michael Gledhill cannot understand the case against him and cannot rationally assist his lawyer in his own defense.
Handy, the 81-year-old actor whose credits include “Jumanji” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” was in a relationship with Gledhill’s mother and was found stabbed in the chest and lying unconscious outside her home on June 3, police and prosecutors said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“This is not how anyone’s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home,” L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said at the time. “The victim, James Handy, deserved to live out his later years enjoying what he had worked so hard for and enjoying it with those he loved and cared about.”
Gledhill was arrested after telling police he was the person they were looking for. Officers had responded to the home after a 911 caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” police said.
Gledhill has not entered a plea and has not appeared in court in the case. At his scheduled arraignment on June 5, a judge paused his prosecution and sent the case to a court that specializes in mental health evaluation.
That court ruled promptly after psychiatric evaluations that he was not competent. Cavalluzzi also found at a hearing Monday that Gledhill cannot make proper medication decisions. She signed an order saying he could be involuntarily medicated for one year, citing a psychiatrist’s determination that his mental health could be hugely helped by proper drugs.
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She ordered him to appear in court on July 14 for a hearing on his long-term placement. His case will head to trial if he is later found to be competent.
Emails seeking comment from attorneys for both sides were not immediately answered.
Brian Delate, a longtime friend and fellow actor of Handy, told The Associated Press soon after Handy was killed that Gledhill’s mother had fixed up her garage so her son could live there. Handy had his own home, but spent much of his time there, his friend said. Delate said Handy had mentioned in passing that his girlfriend’s son had mental health problems.
Handy, a ubiquitous character actor, appeared in films and TV shows for decades.
He was known for his role as an exterminator in the 1995 film “Jumanji” and more recently as the bartender Jimmy in the 2022 film “Top Gun: Maverick.” He also appeared in many of TV’s top crime dramas, including “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “The Closer” and “Cold Case.”
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