I just found a news article at iLounge which quotes an article from AppleInsider:
A new lawsuit from a Beverly Hills, Calif., man alleges that Apple conspired with the Italian mafia to secretly track him, transmit threatening messages to his iPod, and insert the word “herpes” into the song “Still Tippin’” by Mike Jones.
Not just his iPod, Gregory McKenna is convinced that many things in his life were bugged, including his bedroom, living room, upstairs bathroom and Toyota Camry. McKenna alleges in his lawsuit that two iPods he owned – an iPod shuffle bought on eBay and an iPod mini purchased in an Apple Store – were affixed with receivers that allowed the Mafia to transmit threats to him.
McKenna believes that these well-coordinated “threats” from Apple and the mafia were accompanied by an uncanny sense of rhythm: Recordings of mafia members saying “I’m going to kill him” supposedly played in unison with a song on the man’s iPod mini in 2008.
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Filed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Missouri, the 124-page complaint lists Apple among a host of other defendants, including the St. Louis County Police Department, a local auto mechanic, and “unknown agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
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People like these should be sued for wasting tax-payers hard earned money, not to mention the court, judge, and lawyer’s time. Why isn’t this man in a mental hospital somewhere? For all appearances, he needs to be!
What is really embarrassing to me is that this nutjob lives here in St. Louis!
Dave M.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
To be fair, Mike Jones and herpes are probably never far apart.
Just kidding.
But take heart, the nut jobs are everywhere. Granted, there seem to be a lot in Missouri, but you guys have nothing on Florida. They’ve got everybody beat.