Actress Nia Long has filed a restraining order against a woman she describes as a stalker who has been showing up at her Los Angeles home uninvited and sending her unwanted gifts for roughly two years. Long does not know the woman personally, but the woman has allegedly operated under the belief that the two share a romantic connection, a delusion that Long’s legal filing addresses directly and firmly.
The woman, identified in court documents as Carrie McDonald, is said to have sent Long cards and flowers repeatedly over the course of the two-year period, none of which were welcomed or solicited.
Long and the two incidents that led to legal action
The situation came to a head most recently on March 21, when McDonald allegedly appeared at Long’s residence and rang the doorbell. Police were called and McDonald was arrested at the scene. That visit was not the first. In 2024, McDonald had come to the home at night and reportedly demanded that Long open her door. On that occasion, police responded and issued a stern warning but no arrest was made.
The escalation from a warning to an arrest appears to have prompted Long to pursue formal legal protection. She requested a temporary restraining order that covers not only herself but also her two sons, Massai Dorsey II, 25, and Kez Udoka, 14.
Long’s family and the backdrop of a public few years
Massai is Long’s son from a previous relationship. Kez is her younger son, whom she shares with former NBA coach Ime Udoka. The two were together for years before their relationship ended in December 2022, following reports that Udoka had become romantically involved with a member of the Boston Celtics organization, the team he had been coaching since 2021. Udoka’s contract with the Celtics concluded in early 2023.
Long spoke publicly at the time about feeling blindsided, expressing frustration that the organization had not reached out to her directly about how the situation was being handled. The aftermath was painful and played out largely in public view. In the time since, however, Long has indicated that she and Udoka have settled into a workable and respectful co-parenting dynamic. She described a family trip she took with Kez and Udoka as a positive experience, characterizing the relationship as one that had found its way to mutual understanding and peace after a difficult stretch.
What the restraining order means going forward
The court-appointed order of protection, if granted on a permanent basis, would legally prohibit McDonald from coming within a specified distance of Long and her sons. The filing establishes a formal legal record of the alleged behavior and puts the situation into the hands of the judicial system rather than relying solely on law enforcement responses at the scene.
Stalking cases that involve erotomania, the clinical term for a delusional belief that another person is in love with you, can be particularly difficult to resolve because the fixation tends to persist regardless of legal warnings or arrests. Long’s decision to pursue formal protection suggests she is taking the threat seriously and is not willing to wait for the behavior to escalate further before acting.
For a public figure managing both a career and the responsibilities of single parenthood, the situation represents an additional and deeply unwelcome layer of stress.
