By Michael Ventura
DNAinfo Senior Editor
MANHATTAN — A man accused of stalking Ivanka Trump has been arrested in Reno, Nev.
Justin Massler, 27, was arrested on Tuesday on a Manhattan warrant accusing him of using the Internet to stalk Trump, the Associated Press reported.
"He is sick and has a history of mental illness," Randee Massler, Justin Massler's mother, told the Daily News. "He never harmed anyone and hasn't done anything other than write articles on the Internet."
Massler apparently kept a blog on which he said he longed to meet Trump, 27, co-host of "The Celebrity Apprentice" and a vice president in her father Donald Trump's real estate firm.
She's managed the company’s Manhattan properties, including Trump SoHo and the Trump International Hotel and Tower at 1 Central Park West. She is also married to New York Observer publisher and New Jersey real estate scion Jared Kushner.
Justin Massler described himself in a blog posting as "a celebrity stalker who is obsessed with Ivanka Trump," the AP reported.
His mother, though, said he had never come close to Ivanka Trump.
Massler's mother told the Daily News that her son had legally changed his name to Cloud Stormchaser. He was visiting his mother when he was arrested by Reno police, according to news reports.
He remains held in Nevada.
