Jon Prosser, a prominent Apple leak figure, failed to respond to Apple’s lawsuit and was hit with a default judgment in October 2025. Now Apple is asking the court to set that judgment aside, pending Judge Donato’s approval, which would restart the case with P
For months, the case against Jon Prosser moved in one direction: silence.
Apple sued Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti over an alleged conspiracy to steal information about a pre-release version of iOS. The company says the alleged conspirators accessed an Apple employee’s test device during an event that led to that employee. Ethan Lipnik. being fired. When Apple filed its initial lawsuit in July 2025, Prosser didn’t respond.
By October 2025, a default judgment was placed against him. But that default didn’t end the story. After the judgment, Prosser began slowly responding to court orders. He agreed to participate in discovery and deposition.
The shift accelerated after he retained counsel in April and agreed to finally join in the lawsuit against him. Apple then asked the court to set aside the default judgment.
That request is now in the judge’s hands. Judge Donato has to approve setting the default aside.
If the judge grants that request, the court will convene on June 16 for Prosser’s deposition. The outcome is uncertain, but Apple could pursue an additional step: seeking to bar Prosser from covering Apple leaks in the future.
Even while the lawsuit has unfolded, Prosser has continued sharing “leaks” about Apple. Those posts appear to be drawn from existing rumors or speculation, and if he previously had active sources, they don’t appear active now.
The sequence is hard to miss: a missed response led to a default judgment, the case reopened as Prosser began engaging with court orders, and now the next procedural hurdle—Judge Donato’s approval—will decide whether the deposition and discovery restart under normal litigation pressure.
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So they just… restart because he didn’t answer? Sounds like loopholes to me.
I don’t get how a default judgment happens if he later starts responding. Like can he just un-default it? Also Apple firing Ethan Lipnik feels unrelated but maybe it’s all connected.
Wait June 16 deposition? That’s literally right around the corner. But the article says the leaks are from rumors/speculation so does that mean Apple is mad at like vibes?? If he’s not even got sources anymore then what are they proving.
Apple keeps suing people and somehow the guy still posts leaks after the default?? I mean if he was stealing pre-release iOS info, why is he allowed to keep talking during all this. Judge Donato approval sounds like it’s just gonna get dragged out forever. Also “bar him from covering Apple leaks”?? That seems like censorship but I guess it depends what he’s doing.