Who is Julie Lee Choi, stalker who harassed Apple CEO Tim Cook to have sex with her, claimed to be his wife and mother of his children

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook went through a serious problem when a woman began stalking him, even claiming to be his wife and the mother of his children. This was especially strange because Tim Cook had openly said in 2014 that he is gay. The woman, named Julie Lee Choi, is 45 years old and from Virginia. She made things very difficult for Cook by repeatedly stalking him for over a year. She even drove all the way across the country just to follow him. In some messages, she sent him pictures of a gun and claimed she had twins with him. She also entered his home property in Palo Alto twice in 2020, without permission.

Because of this behavior, Apple took legal action. In 2022, during a court hearing in Santa Clara County, Julie Lee Choi agreed to stay away from Tim Cook. As part of the agreement, she promised not to come within 200 yards of him or contact him in any way—including emails or social media—for the next three years.

This agreement helped protect Tim Cook from further harassment.

Julie Lee Choi started harassing Cook in 2020. She began sending him disturbing emails, asking him to have sex with her. In one message, she reportedly wrote, “I can’t live like this anymore.” In another, she said, “I want sex with you, please, please.”

Even though Tim Cook had publicly shared in 2014 that he is gay, Choi continued to send messages. In one email, she wrote, “Tim, we are destined for our lives,” showing she still believed they were meant to be together.

In another email, the woman wrote, “What you have done is criminal defence, murder.” Things took a serious turn when the woman in November 2020 sent a photograph of a loaded pistol with ammunition to Cook, and wrote, “My new gun will never return it at this time before I shoot!”

On Halloween, she sent many tweets stating that she was Tim Cook’s wife. She reportedly, had sent 200 emails to Cook, and in one of the emails she claimed that she was taking mental medicine because of him.

Apple has dealt with similar situations before. The company once got a restraining order against a man named Rakesh Sharma, who visited Tim Cook’s home twice and even made threats, according to court documents.

Because of these kinds of incidents, Apple spent more than $630,000 on Tim Cook’s personal security in 2021, according to The Associated Press.

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