A July 2025 lawsuit by Apple in opposition to leaker Jon Prosser resulted in a default ruling, however that default has been put aside as Prosser has lastly agreed to take part in discovery.
A rumor video posted by Jon Prosser in early 2025 advised that he had seen the upcoming clear UI design. Later, a lawsuit from Apple accused Prosser of conspiring with Michael Ramacciotti to steal secret contents of a take a look at gadget owned by Ethan Lipnik.
Prosser did not reply to Apple’s July 2025 lawsuit, which led to a default judgement, however now that default has been put aside by the decide. This occurred at Apple’s and Prosser’s attorneys’ request on June 10.
Apple did not share its actual reasoning for giving Prosser a break right here, because the default judgement would go in Apple’s favor. Nevertheless, evidently discovery might uncover extra particulars about what occurred, which might result in extra harsh outcomes.
Mainly, it appears Apple desires the Prosser case to function a warning.
The order signed by the decide says that Prosser should produce all supplies by June 9 and sit for deposition by June 16. Since each of these days have handed, these issues absolutely have already taken place.
The decide additionally says Prosser has ten days from June 22 to file a responsive pleading to Apple’s criticism. It’s unclear how Prosser would possibly select to plead given the circumstances.
Within the time for the reason that lawsuit started, Prosser has continued to put up movies about Apple leaks. The latest video was posted on June 17, so after his deposition date.
Prosser was a extra trusted leaker, however has seemingly fallen into the behavior of repeating different rumors fairly than having his personal sources. For instance, the most recent video on iPhone Fold is compelling, however lacks any new particulars or leaks.
