A glamorous Irish TV host hoping to make it large in Hollywood claims she left Los Angeles in terror after a sinister stalker used an Apple AirTag to trace her each transfer — and the tech large did nothing to assist, in accordance with a lawsuit she filed towards the corporate.
Blonde bombshell Aine O’Neill was horrified when she acquired an AirTag alert on her telephone and realized the machine was someplace underneath her automobile in November 2022, the swimsuit says.
She requested her roommate to assist her discover the monitoring machine, however neither of them might find it, the courtroom papers say.
O’Neill then found that the AirTag’s proprietor might comply with her each transfer, together with the place she labored and slept, the swimsuit says.
She instantly contacted the LAPD and Apple, however each mentioned there wasn’t a lot they may do with out the bodily machine, in accordance with the papers.
Police even instructed her that “there’s no method that is something however sinister,” the swimsuit notes.
O’Neill took her automobile to an area Pep Boys, however crews on the auto store have been unable to search out the AirTag, in accordance with the lawsuit. She then visited a distinct store that instructed her they would wish to strip down her total automobile for a payment she couldn’t afford, the swimsuit says.
Terrified, O’Neill referred to as out sick from work and cancelled all her appointments.
“Ms. O’Neill discovered herself barely capable of get away from bed,” the lawsuit says. “She was continuously scared, peering out via her blinds, and leaving lights on in her condominium all through the evening,”
The courtroom paper added: “She would get every day panic assaults at any time when her roommate left the condominium and she or he was alone. ”
After frequently getting AirTag alerts on her telephone, O’Neill determined to flee LA as a result of “she had no method of figuring out her stalker or correctly gauging the extent of hazard she was in,” the swimsuit says.
O’Neill bought her automobile for scrap, grabbed no matter belongings she might and returned to Eire — giving up a potential recurring position on the hit present “The Rookie” and different potential roles, in accordance with the swimsuit.
“I don’t even bear in mind getting on the aircraft again to Eire,” she mentioned within the swimsuit. “I felt like a zombie, like I wasn’t in my very own physique.”
O’Neill stays afraid to get behind the wheel of a automobile.
The host was as soon as a part of a category motion swimsuit towards Apple, however now she is suing the corporate on her personal. She’s searching for damages in an quantity to be decided at trial.
The California Submit contacted Apple for remark.
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