Los Angeles: A jury has cleared an Ohio man of stalking Gwyneth Paltrow.

The verdict was declared Wednesday in the case against Dante Soiu, who was charged with sending the Oscar-winning actress 66 letters and packages in recent years.

Paltrow testified last week that she felt endangered because Soiu had been charged in an earlier case in which pornographic messages and sex toys were sent to the actress in 1999 and 2000.

He pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness and was restricted to a mental institution.

In the current case, Soiu testified that he wrote to Paltrow in recent years because he wanted to ask for her forgiveness for his earlier actions and still had a desire to marry her at the time.

Paltrow attested that Soiu's letters referenced marriage and her death.