Man sues Apple for ruining his marriage after wife discovers secret messages on his family iMac

Apple has been sued numerous times by major companies and individuals, and most of the time the allegations are ridiculous enough to be dismissed. This time it was an English businessman who took legal action after his wife found his deleted messages, which ultimately led to their divorce. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, communicated via iMessage on his iPhone and deleted chats with a sex worker, but the messages were discovered by his wife on the family iMac.

A man sued Apple for ending his marriage after his wife discovered deleted messages on the family iMac.

As mentioned, the man deleted the messages on his iPhone, but he didn’t know the content would sync to the family iMac because he was signed in with the same Apple ID. The man sued Apple, claiming that Apple failed to inform users that deleting a message on one device did not delete it from all devices signed in from the same Apple ID. He said The Times newspaper that “If you are told that a message is deleted, you have the right to believe that it is deleted.”

Once his wife discovered the messages, she filed for divorce, costing the man a whopping £5 million in settlements. The man says the divorce was painful for him and that a rational conversation would have saved his marriage if the messages had not been discovered. He has now sued Apple for £5 million and intends to turn his suit into a class action.

The man believes that Apple should have provided clear information about the message deletion operation with a prompt saying: “These messages are deleted on this device only.” If that were the case, the scene would not have reached such a conclusion. Simon Walter, the man’s lawyer, told the Telegraph that “Apple has not been clear with users about what happens to the messages they send and receive and, importantly, delete.”

The attorney further argued that Apple’s prompts are misleading because the messages are not completely removed. The operation should also respond to message deletion if the messages can be synchronized. Apple has not released a statement on the storyline at this point, but we will keep you posted with an update on the story as more details become available. Do you think messages should be deleted generally instead of on a single device? Let us know in the comments below.