During a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, prosecutor Arizuna Asante read out a statement from the former soccer star in which he described how Sharon Bell's letters and visits to his homes affected him, his wife Victoria Beckham, and their four children. Bekcham said: "It made me worried about what she would do next,” before expressing his concern over her "escalating" behaviour, which he felt was becoming" erratic and unpredictable". "I felt like the language in the letter was escalating and becoming more emotional and threatening towards me and my family and this worried me.”