On January 26, Apple claimed that a woman in Virginia, USA, was suspected of stalking the company's CHIEF Executive Officer, Tim Cook, applied to the court and obtained a restraining order against the woman.
According to court documents, the woman, who may have been carrying a weapon, was suspected of stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook for more than a year, emailing a photo of a pistol with a bullet loaded to Cook and breaking into Cook's home without permission.
In its application, Apple accused the 45-year-old Virginia woman of "behaving strangely and threateningly." Apple's application documents contained copies of photos, emails and tweets allegedly from the woman. Apple said the woman "may be carrying a weapon and is still in the South Bay area, intending to return to [Cook's] residence in the near future or find him elsewhere." ”
The restraining order issued by the court prohibited the woman from possessing a firearm, from approaching any Apple employees, including Cook, from entering any Apple properties, and from Entering Cook's residence in Palo Alto.
Apple said last week in its application for a court restraining order that the woman was currently in the South Bay area and may be carrying a weapon. Apple made the application on Thursday and was approved by a judge on Friday. The Santa Clara County Superior Court released the results Monday afternoon.
Apple said in the application that Cook first learned that he was the object of the woman's obsession in late 2020 because he received a reminder when Cook's Twitter account and content were flagged. The woman used "Cook" as her surname, claiming to be the wife of Apple's CEO, who was the father of the twins she had born.
On Halloween 2020, the woman repeatedly posted the so-called relationship on Twitter. Between late October and mid-November of that year, she sent cook about 200 emails. In applying for a restraining order, Apple said the wording of the emails was "significantly more intense, becoming threatening, and very disturbing." Many emails have pictures of revolvers and bullets. In an email expressing a desire to have a relationship with Cook, the woman said her patience was "almost exhausted," the application said.
The woman's tweet also mentioned Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Google and Microsoft did not respond to questions about the woman.
According to an application filed by Apple, the woman also registered fake companies in California, Virginia and New York, some of which had names that were "very rude," calling Cook a company director, director or agent.
The application said the woman was "hooked" on Cook's residence in Palo Alto in September and sent Him an email saying she wanted to live with him. The woman allegedly drove a Porsche Macan SUV from Virginia to Palo Alto and appeared at Cook's home on Oct. 22. When the woman told the security guard she wanted to talk to Cook, they asked her to leave. Apple said in the application that she first agreed, quickly returned to the house, then left, waiting in her car.
The application said that at that time, Palo Alto police responded to the alleged trespass and the woman was stopped "after trying to escape". The woman allegedly told police she lives in Palo Alto and "may have a tendency to be violent." The application said police did not find a weapon during a search of her Porsche SNV and eventually towed the Porsche because the woman's driver's license had expired. Con Maloney, a police officer at the Palo Alto Police Department, said there was no information on the incident available for public. Maloney said: "At this time the police have not launched an investigation. ”
Apple said in the application that the woman then continued to email Cook. She provided an address in San Jose, but San Jose police found it an Airbnb apartment where the woman did not live. San Jose police did not respond to questions about their representations with the woman.
The woman emailed Cook again a week before Christmas last year, demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, the application shows. On January 1 of this year, the woman tweeted on a new account and again made violent remarks against Cook. The most recent email came a few days later asking Cook to move out of his home.
Neither Apple nor the lawyers who filed the petition answered questions about what might be done to protect Cook, employees and the public.
Steven Clark, a former santa Clara County prosecutor, said the court "tends to proceed with caution" when someone applies for a restraining order. But the premise of granting a restraining order is that "a dangerous event may occur at any time and the person being restricted must have the ability to carry out the threat." ”
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for March 29.