The case seems related to a bigger dispute. Stockton had already filed its personal lawsuit in opposition to the Hoehns and different former workers in the identical court docket, tied to their departure from the corporate. That motion included electronic mail reveals the Hoehns say got here straight from their personal accounts.
Those reveals, the submitting alleges, weren’t sealed or redacted. Among them was an electronic mail discussing Christopher Hoehn’s wage and a personal mortgage — particulars the couple says now sit on a public court docket docket, accessible to anybody who appears.
The Hoehns level to metadata on the emails as proof of how they have been obtained. Each electronic mail carried an “Event Date” stamp, a discipline not usually present in Gmail however generally generated by forensic investigation software program. Three dates seem throughout the reveals: August 26, September 8, and September 23, 2025. That final date fell in the future after each had left Stockton.
There are indicators the entry might have gone additional. Data from Ashley Hoehn’s Gmail account allegedly reveals it was accessed from a Windows pc on November 1, 2025, greater than a month after she stopped working for Stockton and after each laptops had been returned. She says she doesn’t personal a Windows pc.
Stockton, by its attorneys, has denied any unauthorized entry. The firm has mentioned the emails have been captured by a Data Loss Prevention service on its company-issued gadgets. Stockton additionally mentioned the Hoehns didn’t return their laptops till December 24, 2025, a declare the couple disputes, saying proof reveals Stockton had the gadgets by no later than October 30.
