APPLE’S TIM COOK WINS RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST WOMAN, CITING TRESPASSING AND THREATS

Thu 27 January 2022:

Apple has been given a temporary restraining order against a woman in Virginia in the United States who has been accused of stalking and harassing CEO Tim Cook for more than a year.

It was made public on Monday, said The Mercury News.

As per Apple’s application, the woman has been claiming to be Cook’s wife and even claiming that he had twin children with him. The company further said that between October 2020 and November 2020, she mailed Cook 200 times. The tone gradually became ‘threatening’. In some of these mails, the woman reportedly sent pics of a handgun and ammunition she claimed she purchased.

The stalking behaviour continued in the next year. In 2021, the woman drove to Cook’s home in Paulo Alto in California and asked to speak with him. Local police responded to this. They did not find any weapon with the woman.

The messages she sent to Mr Cook include pictures of guns and ammunition, documents from the court show.

The woman, from McLean, Virginia, also sent messages to Cook saying she was applying to be his roommate and would be moving in, with a warning to “empty the condo.”

She also created multiple fake organisations under his name, according to court documents.

The order was issued last Friday by the Santa Clara County Superior Court and will expire March 29.

The order bars the woman from interacting with Mr Cook and other current Apple employees, and from entering the company’s properties. The woman is also prohibited from owning guns and ammunition.

This is not the first time Apple has applied for a restraining order. The company was granted it in early 2020 against another person who the company said stalked Tim Cook.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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