Apple’s leaker drama just got messier (and a bit weird)

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00:00Apple's leaker drama just got messier and a bit weird.

00:04The Apple leak saga just got another twist, and it's part courtroom drama, part tech soap opera.

00:10Earlier this year, Apple sued notorious leaker John Prosser,

00:14yes, that Prosser of YouTube rumor fame, and a man named Michael Ramacciotti.

00:19The company accused them of teaming up to break into an Apple development iPhone,

00:23swipe trade secrets, and cash in on the leaks.

00:25But in a new filing, Ramacciotti basically said,

00:29whoa, hold on, I didn't plan any Ocean's 11 heist with John.

00:33Ramacciotti admits to accessing the iPhone in question,

00:36which belonged to a former Apple employee named Ethan Lipnick,

00:39and FaceTiming Prosser to show off unreleased iOS 26 features.

00:43But he denies stalking Lipnick to figure out when he'd be away, as Apple's lawsuit alleged.

00:48According to Ramacciotti, Lipnick himself had already shown him those features weeks earlier,

00:52and he didn't realize how sensitive the software was because,

00:56well, Lipnick seemed cool with it.

00:59As for the money?

01:00Ramacciotti's filing says Prosser paid him $650 after the FaceTime call,

01:05not as part of any prearranged deal.

01:07He claims he didn't expect payment at all and had no clue Prosser was recording the call.

01:11And for the record, he says he doesn't have any Apple trade secrets lying around,

01:15no screenshots, no secret videos, nothing.

01:17Meanwhile, Prosser's situation isn't looking great.

01:20He told The Verge last week that he's been in active communication with Apple,

01:25but the company says otherwise, that he hasn't indicated when or if he'll officially respond to the lawsuit.

01:31The court clerk has already entered a default against him,

01:34which means the case can move forward even if he stays silent.

01:37Apple's next move?

01:39Filing for a default judgment, which could mean a legal win without Prosser ever saying a word.

01:43So, to recap, one ex-Apple employee, one unwitting middleman,

01:48one chatty leaker, and one very angry trillion-dollar company.

01:52Only in 2025 could a FaceTime call over iOS 26 end up as exhibit A in Apple's latest courtroom thriller.

01:58See you soon.

01:58Bye-bye.

01:59See you soon.

02:16Bye-bye.

02:25Bye-bye.