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Elon Musk found not liable in "pedo guy" defamation trial @ 2019-12-07T12: Back Hot News
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MUSK INVOLVED HIMSELF IN THE THAI CAVE RESCUE BY INSTRUCTING HIS EMPLOYEES TO BUILD A MINI SUBMARINE TO HELP SAVE THE BOYS. UNSWORTH SAID IN A CNN INTERVIEW THAT MUSK SHOULD "STICK HIS SUBMARINE WHERE IT HURTS." AFTER SEEING THE INTERVIEW, MUSK FIRED OFF HIS "PEDO GUY" TWEET ON JULY 15, 2018. IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT, SPIRO SAID MUSK"S TWEET "WAS A JOKING, DELETED, APOLOGIZED FOR, RESPONSIVE TWEET. A JDART."
THE CASE STEMS FROM AN OFFER BY MUSK TO SEND MINIATURE SUBMARINES TO AID IN THE RESCUE OF THE TRAPPED SOCCER TEAM. UNSWORTH, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE OPERATION, WAS CRITICAL OF MUSK"S OFFER, WHICH LED TO A PUBLIC FEUD ONLINE IN WHICH MUSK REFERRED TO UNSWORTH VIA TWITTER AS A "CHILD RAPIST" AND A "[PEDOPHILE] GUY."
ELON MUSK DID NOT DEFAME A BRITISH CAVE EXPLORER WHEN HE CALLED HIM "PEDO GUY" IN AN ANGRY TWEET, A LOS ANGELES JURY FOUND FRIDAY.
BASED ON STATEMENTS BY MUSK"S LAWYER, ALEXANDER SPIRO, MUSK APPEARS TO BE SET TO DEFEND HIMSELF ON THE BASIS THAT CALLING SOMEONE "PEDO GUY" AND "CHILD RAPIST" IS NOT THE SAME THING AS ACCUSING THEM OF BEING A PEDOPHILE OR CHILD RAPIST. MUSK ARGUES THAT "PEDO GUY" IS A COMMON INSULT IN HIS NATIVE SOUTH AFRICA AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE A STATEMENT OF FACT.
THE BRITISH CAVE EXPLORER SUING ELON MUSK HAS TESTIFIED HE FELT "BRANDED A PAEDOPHILE" BY THE BILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR, DESPITE MR MUSK"S ASSERTION THAT HIS "PEDO GUY" TWEET AT THE HEART OF THE DEFAMATION CASE WAS NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY.
IN DEPOSITIONS MUSK HAS ALSO ARGUED THAT BY CALLING UNSWORTH "PEDO GUY" HE WASN"T LITERALLY ACCUSING HIM OF BEING A PEDOPHILE BECAUSE THE TERM WAS USED TO BE SYNONYMOUS WITH "CREEPY OLD MAN" WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE ALSO CLAIMED HE WAS GENUINELY WORRIED UNSWORTH COULD BE "ANOTHER JEFFREY EPSTEIN."
THE TESLA CEO TOLD JURORS THAT HE CALLED VERNON UNSWORTH 「PEDO GUY」 BECAUSE HE WAS UPSET THE DIVER HAD BELITTLED HIS EFFORTS TO HELP BY BUILDING A MINI-SUBMARINE TO TRANSPORT THE BOYS. UNSWORTH CALLED IT NOTHING MORE THAN A 「PR STUNT」 AND SAID MUSK COULD STICK THE CONTRAPTION 「WHERE IT HURTS.」 THE SUB WAS NEVER USED.
TESLA BOSS FACES TROUBLED TIMES: ELON MUSK SET TO GO ON TRIAL FOR "PEDO GUY" TWEET
ACCORDING TO CNBC, JUDGE STEPHEN WILSON REJECTED MUSK』S ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE CASE THROWN OUT. THIS ISN’T TOO SURPRISING GIVEN THAT THE ARGUMENTS WEREN』T VERY CONVINCING, WITH MUSK』S LEGAL TEAM TRYING TO BRAND COMMENTS SUCH AS 「PEDO GUY」 AND 「CHILD RAPIST」 AS INSULTS SO THEY COULDN’T BE CONSIDERED DEFAMATORY.
MR. MUSK IS A BRASH SILICON VALLEY BILLIONAIRE WHOSE COMPANIES AND PUBLIC COMMENTS MAKE HEADLINES REGULARLY. THIS WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, A FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTED MR. MUSK』S ATTEMPT TO THROW OUT A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST HIM BY A BRITISH CAVE EXPLORER WHOM MR. MUSK HAD ACCUSED OF BEING A 「PEDO GUY.」

 

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