Last Friday Santa Clara County Superior Court issued a restraining order against Julia Lee Choi, 45, on behalf of Tim Cook and all Apple employees.
Choi, who also uses the name Julia Lee Cook, has been accused of threatening and stalking the 61-year-old CEO of Cupertino-based tech giant, Apple since October 2020.
Court documents claim that on October 31, 2020, she opened a Twitter account. And she sent 18 tweets in one day before the account went dormant.
The woman allegedly drove from her home in McClean, VA to San Jose. And she rented an Airbnb for an extended stay.
Claiming Cook is her husband and the father of her twins. She appeared at his residence twice. The last time in October 2021 she refused to leave until the Palo Alto police arrived. At the time authorities said she ‘could be violent’.
The restraining order requires the woman to be at least 200 yards away from the house of the Apple CEO and all Apple “workplaces” in the area.
The court order bars the woman from possessing guns. And from approaching any Apple employee including Cook. She is not allowed to enter any Apple property or to get within the 200 yards of Cook’s Palo Alto residence.
Restraining order details escalation
Cook’s attorneys filed “Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders” claiming that on Halloween 2020 the harassment began. That’s when Choi opened a Twitter account. And she sent 18 tweets in one day. before the account went dormant.
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