Elon Musk defamation trial over his ‘pedo’ tweet to start in LA
Vernon Unsworth is suing over tweets Musk made in 2018, after Unsworth told Musk to ‘stick his submarine where it hurts’
06 December 2019 - 17:11
Los Angeles — Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in Los Angeles on Friday in the lawsuit brought against Elon Musk by a British cave explorer who says the Tesla founder defamed him with tweets suggesting he is a paedophile.
The three-man, five-woman US district court jury will likely get the case before noon on Friday, after a federal judge instructs them on the law and attorneys for both men deliver closing statements...
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