ADVOCATE: A Virginia woman has been accused of embarking on an escalating months-long campaign of harassment against the out Apple CEO.
A California judge has awarded Tim Cook a restraining order against a Virginia woman accused of stalking the out Apple CEO, trespassing on his property, and threatening to burn down his Palo Alto home.
In the restraining order application, filed last week in the Santa Clara County Superior Court in California, the 45-year-old woman is alleged to have demonstrated “erratic, threatening and bizarre” behavior, including emails featuring images of loaded handguns she claimed to have purchased.
Cook’s lawyers told the judge in their filing that they believe the woman from McLean, Va., is armed and in the Bay Area with intentions of returning to Cook’s home or to “locate him otherwise shortly.”
The court, which found the threat against Cook credible, prohibited the woman from possessing a firearm in addition to having any interaction with Apple employees, including its CEO. She is also banned from all Apple properties, and any violation of the restraining order can result in both jail time and a $1,000 fine. » | Rachel Shatto | Wednesday, January 26, 2022
