Sheryl Crow News

Everyday may be a winding road for Sheryl Crow , but that didn't make it any easier to shake her "spiritual twin."

Ambrose Kappos, a former Navy SEAL with, what prosecutors call a "dangerous obsession" with the rocker, was put on trial in Manhattan Thursday on charges that he shadowed Crow and her family for years.

Kappos, 38, was arrested in October 2003 after trying to hop into Crow's limo outside a New York club, ending a yearlong sting of chasing the singer. He's facing counts of burglarly, stalking and harassment. If convicted he faces up to seven years behind bars.

"You will have the opportunity to look into the eyes of a stalker via his own statement," Assistant District Attorney Tara Daly told jurors in her opening arguments. "His own videotaped statement will show you how deliberate he was in his pursuit of Sheryl Crow."

The tape is scheduled to screened for the jury on Monday--the same day Crow is slated to appear on the stand. She was not present for Thursday's session.

NYPD Officer Penelope Seaman, who collared Kappos, testified that he told her Crow was his "spiritual twin." Per Seaman's original police report, Kappos appeared backstage at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom and insisted he and Crow were fated to marry and have children.

"I spoke to her father. I'm her twin. We're spiritually connected. I am going to meet her. I'm Ambrose," Seaman's report said.

Earlier in 2003, Kappos used the Internet to track down Crow's sister and parents. He flew from his Naval base in Virginia to Missouri to request a date with the Grammy-winning musician.

Kappos explained to Crow's dad that he found the family's home by following a bird, according to Daly. Crow's father became "greatly concerned for the safety of his daughter," the prosecutor added.

One of Crow's managers, Pamela Wertheimer, also testified about the club incident, saying that someone in the singer's entourage recognized Kappos' name from his visit to the family homestead and had him detained by security guards until police could arrive.

Kappos' family has portrayed the former Navy diver as being overly "infatuated" with the singer--a tact pursued Thursday by the man's lawyer, Stan Hickman, who stressed to the jury that his client had not committed any violent acts.

At the time of his arrest last year, Kappos' brother Von said his sibling had been disciplined by the Navy after he visited Crow's father. "It was an internal thing," he said. Ambrose Kappos was discharged from the service in June 2003, though it's not clear if stalking Crow resulted in his dismissal.

Crow, who performed shows in support of John Kerry , picked up two American Music Awards last Sunday, Favorite Female Pop/Rock Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.