A man is suing Apple after claiming an iPhone app turned him gay and led to him getting a boyfriend.
The Russian launched the bizarre legal claim for one million rubles (£12,000) after an experience with crypto-currency GayCoin.
He said the change in his sexuality came after receiving an app payment with the curency.
That payment came with a note reading: “Don’t judge until you try.”
According to the Moscow Times , he wrote in his submission: “I thought, indeed, how can I judge something without trying it? And decided to try same-sex relationships .
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“I can say after the passage of two months that I’m mired in intimacy with a member of my own sex and can’t get out.”
He went on: “I have a steady boyfriend and I don’t know how to explain it to my parents.
“After receiving the aforementioned message, my life has changed for the worse and will never be normal again.”
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He went on: “Apple pushed me towards homosexuality through manipulation. The changes have caused me moral and mental harm.”
His lawyer, Sapizhat Gusnieva, claimed Apple had a “responsibility for their programmes”, despite the experience taking place through a third party app.
The case was registered on September 20 in Moscow and is due to be heard on October 17.
Although same-sex activity between adults was decriminalised by Russia in 1993, LGBT people still face widespread discrimination in the country.
