Prosecutors said the man had sent “sexually violent” messages to the Indiana Fever star and had traveled to Indianapolis to be closer to her.

In a barrage of posts rife with misinformation, he revived questions about a child sex abuse scandal, vilified the prime minister and defended a jailed far-right agitator.

Years before they were charged with sex crimes, Oren and Alon Alexander took legal action to find a mystery blogger who claimed they had committed sexual assault as teenagers.