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Elon Musk Is Going To Trial For Calling Thai Cave Diver A "Pedo"
While Elon Musk seems to have avoided accountability and serious repercussions relating to his "funding secured" fake buyout fiasco from last year, his feet may end up being held to the fire for a different social media outburst. As of now, it looks as though Musk will be heading to trial on October 22 as a result of his Tweet calling Thai cave diver Vern Unsworth a "pedo". A judge rejected Elon Musk's defense that he wasn't making a real accusation, partly because of a follow up e-mail that Musk wrote to BuzzFeed.
“A reasonable fact-finder could easily conclude that [Elon Musk’s] statements … implied assertions of objective fact,” wrote district judge Stephen V. Wilson. Unsworth is seeking more than $75,000 in damages, on top of a court order prohibiting Musk from making any further disparaging comments. Because court orders have worked so well for the SEC so far in censuring Musk.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-11/elon-musk-going-trial-calling-thai-cave-diver-pedo