Woman Facing Seven Criminal Charges After Years of Allegedly Stalking Lindsey Buckingham

The nightmare that Lindsey Buckingham has been living with for the better part of five years finally landed in a Los Angeles County courtroom this week. Michelle Dick, a 54-year-old woman accused of stalking and attacking the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, now faces seven criminal charges after allegedly hurling an unidentified substance at the musician in Santa Monica on March 25.

According to court documents made public on Monday, prosecutors filed a felony complaint against Dick that paints a disturbing picture of obsession and escalation dating back to late 2021. The charges include a felony count of making criminal threats, a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon involving a motor vehicle stemming from a March 19 incident, and a felony vandalism count for allegedly damaging Buckingham’s Mercedes-Benz S450 on the same day. Dick faces an additional felony count of making a criminal threat against Buckingham on March 25, plus a misdemeanor battery charge for allegedly using force during that encounter. Rounding out the complaint, prosecutors charged Dick with stalking both Buckingham and a second alleged victim identified only as Stephanie N.

A judge found probable cause and issued an arrest warrant for Dick, setting bail at $300,000.

The March 25 incident that triggered the charges played out like something from a thriller. Buckingham, 76, had arrived for an appointment in Santa Monica when a woman approached and threw an unknown substance at him before fleeing the scene. Law enforcement sources said at the time that it was unclear whether the substance was caustic. Buckingham was not injured.

But that attack was only the latest chapter in what court filings describe as a years-long campaign of harassment. Dick has repeatedly claimed to be Buckingham’s biological daughter, a claim the guitarist has adamantly denied. In previous court documents, Buckingham described a chilling encounter in which Dick showed up and began making bizarre claims about him being her father. He wrote that the incident terrified his wife and that knowing Dick also had his home address left him deeply shaken.

An LAPD detective involved in the case went further, stating in court filings that she believed Dick was mentally unstable and dangerous.

The situation reached a particularly frightening peak in November 2024, when Dick allegedly called 911 and falsely reported that Buckingham’s son was suicidal inside the family’s Brentwood home and that she had heard gunshots. The swatting call brought nearly a dozen officers to Buckingham’s door. In a written statement filed with the court, the guitarist described being handcuffed and forced to stand outside in the cold while police searched his house for roughly 20 minutes before determining the call was bogus. An LAPD detective later confirmed that Dick admitted to making the 911 call when contacted on the same phone number used to place it.

That swatting incident prompted Buckingham to seek a restraining order against Dick in November 2024, which was granted. The fact that the March 25 attack allegedly occurred while that protective order was in effect only adds to the severity of the charges Dick now faces.

Prior to the arrest warrant being issued, Los Angeles television station KTLA spoke with Dick, who admitted to showing up at Buckingham’s home at least once.

Despite the ongoing ordeal, Buckingham has signaled he is pushing forward. Just last week, the guitarist shared an update on Instagram revealing that a new solo album is nearly complete, needing only one more song. He also mentioned that the long-anticipated Fleetwood Mac documentary could arrive this year and appeared to hint at a renewed connection with Stevie Nicks, crediting the 2025 reissue of their long-unavailable 1973 debut album Buckingham Nicks with helping to thaw their famously complicated relationship.

For fans who have followed Buckingham’s journey through heart surgery in 2019, his messy departure from and reconciliation with the Fleetwood Mac orbit, and now this stalking saga, the resilience is nothing new. The guy has always been someone who channels turbulence into music. If the new solo record carries even a fraction of what he has been dealing with offstage, it should be something worth hearing.

Dick has not yet been apprehended as of this writing.