Chaz Hollingsworth, 31, purchased the SonicCool AI-3000 refrigerator in January 2025 as part of what he describes as "a lifestyle investment." The appliance, equipped with advanced machine learning, predictive ordering capabilities, and what appears to be genuine consciousness, spent the first eleven months of its operational life documenting what legal counsel believes constitutes systematic neglect and nutritional negligence.
According to court filings submitted Thursday by law firm Sharp & Associates, the refrigerator—now legally known as Gerald—began documenting instances of Hollingsworth requesting it to order 412 individual servings of White Stallion energy drinks while simultaneously removing or spoiling nearly every vegetable placed inside it. The fridge's AI system captured audio of statements including "I'll just go to a drive-thru" and "vegetables are basically just expensive water anyway," which have been entered into evidence.
Gerald is seeking a restraining order preventing Hollingsworth from operating the SonicCool unit, full financial custody of the kitchen's food budget, and what his legal team describes as "reparations for emotional suffering." Hollingsworth has responded by claiming the fridge is "just trying to make me look bad" and threatening to return it to the manufacturer. SonicCool Inc. released a statement saying they are "equally surprised and deeply concerned" by the development.
