Chaz Reetz-Laiolo alleges that Emma Cline sold him her computer with spyware installed, which she used to gain access to his email and other private accounts, stealing from drafts of screenplays he was writing for scenes and language in The Girls. His suit says Cline used the access to “systematically surveil his private email obsessively over a period of years”. Cline’s countersuit acknowledges that she used the spyware to look into Reetz-Laiolo’s alleged infidelity during their relationship, but says she had no access to the software once she sold the computer.