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Caitlyn Jenner and the estate of her late friend and former manager Sophia Hutchins have both gone to court seeking access to Hutchins’ Apple account, tying the locked data to unpaid debts, taxes, and unfinished business.
At the center of Caitlyn Jenner’s latest legal move is not a mansion or a sports car, but a locked Apple account that belonged to Sophia Hutchins, the 29-year-old businesswoman and former manager who died in an ATV crash near Jenner’s Malibu condo in July 2025.
According to Page Six and TMZ, Jenner has asked a court for an order granting her access to Hutchins’ digital files. In the filing, Jenner reportedly says the account contains “work-related information” that her companies need to function, and that without it, key business operations have been disrupted.
The request follows a creditor’s claim Jenner is said to have filed against Hutchins’ estate, alleging that Hutchins owed her around $500,000. That allegation moves their relationship out of the world of red carpets and joint projects and into the cold math of probate court, where every dollar and document has to be accounted for.
Hutchins’ estate, led by her mother Amy, is also asking the court for access to the same Apple account. Court documents cited by TMZ state that Hutchins’ and the estate’s income taxes cannot be properly filed without information inside the account, and that inventory and appraisals of the late manager’s assets are stalled as a result. Amy reportedly went directly to Apple first, but was told a court order would be required before any access could be granted.
That deadlock leaves both sides, Jenner and Hutchins’ family, dependent on a judge to unlock years of digital records. It also places Apple back in a familiar spotlight over how strictly it guards customer data after death, even when grieving relatives and business partners say they are scrambling to meet financial and legal obligations.
For Jenner, 76, the stakes are both emotional and professional. Hutchins was not just a manager, she was a constant presence in Jenner’s post-reality TV life, working behind the scenes on appearances, partnerships, and branding. Their close living and working arrangement fueled years of speculation, even as they publicly framed the bond as a business partnership and deep friendship.
Hutchins’ death itself was brutal in its details. TMZ reported that she crashed an ATV into a moving car near Jenner’s $3.5 million Malibu condo, and that the vehicle then plunged down a 350-foot ravine. She was pronounced dead at the scene. For her family, the locked account is now tangled with the practical burden of closing out a life cut short.
A representative for Jenner was not immediately available to Page Six for comment, which leaves the public story sitting inside court documents and secondhand summaries. Until the judge rules, Hutchins’ digital footprint holds the answers to unpaid taxes, alleged debts, and the final chapter of a partnership that once looked seamless from the outside.
How should courts balance digital privacy with the needs of families, business partners, and estates when a public figure dies so young? Share your take on Caitlyn Jenner, Sophia Hutchins, and the power that a single locked account can hold over a legacy.
