Dawnette Knight, the woman accused of making death threats against actress Catherine Zeta-Jones was declared mentally competent to continue criminal proceedings.

A July hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence to send the 33-year-old stalker to trial was postponed after Knight took an overdose of sleeping pills in her jail cell. She took the barbiturates the night that both Zeta-Jones and husband Michael Douglass testified in court and read portions of Knight's bizarre letters.

Knight has already apologized for making the threats and simply wants to return to her fiancé and a future career as a child psychologist.

Knight faces 24 counts of stalking Zeta-Jones and leaving threatening phone calls and letters to the actress over an 18 month period. Knight believed that she was in love with Michael Douglas when she allegedly left his Oscar-winning wife letters threatening to have her 'shredded to pieces.'

Though she has never had any contact with the Hollywood couple, Knight reportedly became infatuated with Douglas after seeing him in Fatal Attraction and other movies. She followed the 59-year-old star's budding affair with Catherine Zeta-Jones through the supermarket tabloids, and then started sending the actress several threatening letters and allegedly made repeated phone calls to hotels where the Hollywood power couple would stay.

Experts told ABC News that 'Knight's willingness to avenge Douglas for a supposed affair by Zeta-Jones illustrates the world celebrity stalkers often create when they believe they have a real relationship with the rich and famous. Sometimes celebrities have never had any physical contact with the stalkers who pursue them. Their stalkers may know them only as the character they play on a soap opera or major motion picture and refer to them primarily by their character's name.'

The judge's ruling that Dawnette Knight is fit to stand trial was prompted by an examination by a psychologist. The judge concluded that Knight understood the charges against her and that she could assist in her own defense. The continuing preliminary hearing will decide if she actually does go before a jury.

The preliminary hearing is expected to resume today.