tindall married bill nye on february 3, 2006. the ceremony was performed by rick warren at the entertainment gathering at the skirball cultural center in los angeles. yo-yo ma provided the music. nye left the relationship (having the marriage annulled), seven weeks later when the marriage license was declared invalid, later filing for a restraining order. in 2007, nye obtained a restraining order against tindall after she broke into his house, stole several items, including his laptop which she used to send defamatory emails impersonating him and damaged his garden with herbicide. tindall acknowledged killing his plants but denied being a threat to him. after violating the order in 2009, tindall was ordered to pay $57,000 of nye's legal expenses.