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Nov. 13, 2019

Musk blames BuzzFeed in latest Twitter defamation suit filing

The Tesla chief claims the media outlet published emailed comments he made off the record.

In his latest defense reply in a looming defamation trial Elon Musk indicates his intent to blame the BuzzFeed media site for publishing his off-the-record email.

Attorneys for Musk at Quinn, Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP argued in a response filed Monday against the exclusion of evidence detailing Buzzfeed's culpability in the case, which stems from allegations that Musk accused the plaintiff, Vernon Unsworth, of pedophilia ...

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