Tim Cook’s stalker escaped prison and agreed not to go out for three years

The strange situation with the woman accused of stalking Tim Cook may have been resolved after yesterday’s court hearing.

Apple previously received a restraining order ahead of the hearing, and now it’s effectively extended to three years…

Background

A strange case even by stalker standards.

Apple has received a restraining order against a woman who allegedly stalked Apple CEO Tim Cook for over a year. According to a new report from The Mercury News, Apple said in legal documents that a woman emailed Cooke pictures of a loaded gun and broke into his home. […]

In December, the woman emailed Cook again, this time demanding hundreds of millions of dollars. […]

The woman claims that she is Cook’s wife and that he is the father of her twin children.

She said she planned to move in with Cook and wanted to have sex with him.

Tim Cook’s stalker escaped prison

Julie Lee Choi could have been sentenced to jail for stalking and blackmail charges, but MarketWatch reports she avoided it by agreeing to a three-year contact ban.

A woman accused of harassing Apple CEO Tim Cook with solicitations for sex and other rude suggestions before showing up at his Silicon Valley home with threats last October agreed to stay away from him for the next three years in a deal approved by on Tuesday.

Julie Lee Choi agreed to a deal she made with Apple while speaking in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Cook, Apple’s CEO for the past decade, did not attend the trial in San Jose, California. […]

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The court order requires Choi to refrain from coming within 200 yards of Cook for the next three years and forbids her from attempting to communicate with him through any electronic means, including through Twitter accounts or email.

Court documents show that Choi also threatened Kook with death twice when she showed up at his house.

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