It's the case of life imitating art as "NCIS" season 13 cast Pauley Perrette could hardly contain her emotions as she identified her attacker in court.

The respondent was identified as David Merck, 45, reportedly a transient who allegedly attacked Pauley Perrette, who plays Abigail "Abby" Sciuto in "NCIS" season 13, at 5 p.m. near her house in Los Angeles on Nov. 12.

Kristi Lousteau, the Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner, then ordered the respondent to stay away from the actress.

During the hearing, according to LA Daily News, Pauley Perrette's eyes were bloodshoot from crying.

In her recollection, she said that she was alone on the sidewalk, apart from her attacker whom she described as appearing to be "homeless."

Then suddenly, the respondent grabbed her by the arm before issuing a threat to kill the "NCIS" season 13 actress.

"He was so much stronger than me," Pauley Perrette said. "I couldn't run. I couldn't fight."

David Merck reportedly kept on calling her William and that he's going to kill her.

"I was praying my heart out," the actress said.

On Nov. 13, "NCIS" season 13 cast Pauley Perrette shared the encounter on her Twitter account.

She wrote, "I was walking across my street to a new guest house I bought to meet my architect. On my street, I was jumped by a VERY psychotic homeless man. He grabbed me forcefully, pinned my arm, punched me in the nose, forehead, repeatedly telling me he was going to kill me. Then he showed me how he was going to kill me."

"I am shaken and traumatized," Pauley Perrette added. "My house, my beloved Hollywood. My beloved homeless people that I spend my life protecting. ...My life changed tonight."

In "NCIS" season 4, episode 20, Pauley Perrette's character Abby also faced a crazy person who accused her of trying to hurt the main character in the book.