Stella Maxwell has been granted a five-year restraining order against a man who allegedly threatened to rape and shoot her.

Stella Maxwell

Stella Maxwell

The Victoria's Secret model was granted a temporary order last month after she filed legal documents against Ruben Velazquez - who she claimed came to her house uninvited and sent threats, including one to set her house on fire, via Instagram - and a judge has now extended the order, while the man has also been charged with criminal threats and harassment, TMZ reports.

Stella had claimed the man made several unwanted visits to her home and sent dozens of messages on the photo-sharing app, including a photograph taken just a few metres from her house.

Among the messages she allegedly received were statements such as, "I'm thinking of burning your house" ... "buy a shotgun with long range and leave you lame", "I will find you", "You are going to have to kill me", "I [will] leave you in a wheelchair", and several referencing being her husband and saying, "we are going to f**k Stella."

The last message the 29-year-old model received from him allegedly said: "I'm going to be a serial killer."

Velazquez has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from the model.

Stella - who previously dated Kristen Stewart and Miley Cyrus - was named a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2015 and previously admitted she finds their famous lingerie shows "empowering".

She said: "For me, it feels empowering to walk down a runway in my underwear! The message I want to send out is that women are sexy. We have girls from all over the world in the show - it's just a very sexy and confident role and situation you are lucky to be in.

"I personally really enjoy the moment of the runway show. I think it's all about feeling good and looking amazing."

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