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Elon Musk wins in "pedo guy" defamation trial @ 2019-12-08T12: 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."
ONE JUROR TOLD BUZZFEED NEWS THE DECISION CAME DOWN TO THE NOTION THAT A REASONABLE PERSON COULD NOT READ MUSK’S “PEDO GUY” TWEET AND DETERMINE THAT IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH UNSWORTH. 「THE JUDGE LAID OUT FIVE POINTS FOR DEFAMATION AS SOON AS WE GOT TO POINT TWO, WHICH WAS ABOUT BEING ACQUAINTED [WITH THE DEFAMED PERSON], WE DECIDED,」 SAID CARL SHUSTERMAN, A LOS ANGELES ATTORNEY WHO SERVED ON THE JURY. 「THE PEOPLE THAT READ MUSK’S TWEET WOULDN』T HAVE KNOWN WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.」
VERNON UNSWORTH, THE BRITISH CAVE EXPLORER WHO IS SUING TESLA CEO ELON MUSK FOR CALLING HIM A "PEDO GUY" WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD APOLOGIZE TO MUSK FOR HIS PART IN THE FEUD THE TWO ENGAGED IN LAST YEAR.
IN JULY 2018, MUSK HAD CALLED UNSWORTH, A DIVER WHO HELPED RESCUE A BOYS" SOCCER TEAM TRAPPED IN A THAI CAVE, A "PEDO GUY" ON TWITTER AFTER THE DIVER CRITICIZED MUSK"S PROPOSED SUBMARINE RESCUE PLAN. UNSWORTH SUED MUSK FOR DEFAMATION IN SEPTEMBER 2018, SAYING THE TWEET DAMAGED HIM BY ASSOCIATING HIS NAME WITH PEDOPHILIA.
MUSK, WHO TESTIFIED HIS STOCK IN TESLA AND SPACEX IS WORTH ABOUT $20 BILLION, CONTENDS THAT HE WAS NOT LITERALLY CALLING VERNON UNSWORTH A PEDOPHILE WHEN HE REFERRED TO HIM AS “PEDO GUY” ON TWITTER. MUSK’S LAWYER TOLD THE JURY THE TWEET WAS AN INSULT PROVOKED BY UNSWORTH AND DID NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF DEFAMATION. ATTORNEY ALEX SPIRO SAID UNSWORTH ALSO FAILED TO SHOW ACTUAL DAMAGES.
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."
MR MUSK INSISTED THE PHRASE 「PEDO GUY」 WAS COMMONLY USED IN HIS NATIVE SOUTH AFRICA AND MEANT 「CREEPY OLD GUY」 AND NOT THAT MR UNSWORTH WAS A PAEDOPHILE.
ANGELES (REUTERS) – A U.S. DISTRICT COURT JURY IN LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY FOUND IN FAVOUR OF TESLA INC BOSS ELON MUSK IN THE DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST HIM BY A BRITISH CAVE EXPLORER WHO MUSK HAD BRANDED A “PEDO GUY” ON TWITTER.
UNSWORTH HAS CLAIMED THAT MUSK"S "PEDO GUY" COMMENT HARMED HIS REPUTATION, AND IS SEEKING $75,000 IN DAMAGES. MUSK, WHO IS REPORTEDLY WORTH CLOSE TO $20 BILLION, IS THE HIGHEST PAID CEO OF AN AMERICAN CORPORATION, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF CEO PAY RELEASED IN MAY, AND SEC FILINGS THAT SHOW MUSK RECEIVED A 2018 COMPENSATION PACKAGE FROM TESLA OF $2.29 BILLION.
NO APOLOGY FOR ELON MUSK FROM BRITISH DIVER AT "PEDO GUY" DEFAMATION HEARING

 

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