Civil Litigation
Sep. 17, 2019
Musk seeks summary judgment in case of diver he called ‘pedo’
When Elon Musk accused a British diver in Thailand of pedophilia in a highly publicized 2018 Twitter spat, the Tesla CEO was relying on the word of a private investigator he paid $50,000, according to a new court filing.
When Elon Musk accused a British diver in Thailand of pedophilia in a highly publicized 2018 Twitter spat, the Tesla CEO was relying on the word of a private investigator he paid $50,000, according to a new court filing.
A motion for summary judgment filed Monday in the Central District of California likely marks Musk's last chance to avoid a December trial over defamation claims brought by diver Vernon Unsworth as the bombastic and...
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