UPDATE: affixed correct attribution on a quote. My bad!
Jon Prosser to The Verge (via MacRumors):
“All I can tell you is that regardless of what is being reported, and regardless of what the court documents say — I have, in fact, been in active communications with Apple since the beginning stages of this case,” said Prosser, in a statement published by The Verge. “The notion that I’m ignoring the case is incorrect. That’s all I am able to say.”
It doesn’t appear that Prosser’s statements line up with court filings. Looking through the RECAP page for this case, it does appear as though Prosser has not filed anything, while his co-Defendant Michael Ramacciotti has. Any sort of discussions would be put on-record in some form eventually, which does not appear to have happened.
Two interesting things to look at is what Apple is telling the Court in their Court filing, versus Prosser’s public statement.
Thus, I leave you with this:
Despite Apple’s multiple inquiries to Mr. Prosser about whether he would be responding to the Complaint, Mr. Prosser still has not done so.
Look, it’s anyone’s guess, but if he is going as far as to suggest Apple is lying in its court filings and the two parties aren’t speaking out of Court, that’s not a good look. For him, or anyone else. Because, as I’ll note here, Apple never mentions having a conversation with him–just that he has “publicly acknowledged” the suit. Very important choice of wording, in my opinion.
Apple has also filed a judgement for default, citing Prosser’s failure to acknowledge the case in Court. It does appear this was granted on October 17, 2025.
I’m not a lawyer, but if this were me, I’d probably retain one to respond to the lawsuit in Court and clean everything up. I’m not sure what his legal strategy is–if he even has one. He has also continued to upload to his YouTube channel during this time, as if nothing has happened.
Maybe it hasn’t in his world. In ours, though, the lawsuit continues on without him. And a judgement of default against him.
Yikes.