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Vernon Unsworth v. Elon Musk

  1. December 06, 2019

    Jury Says Elon Musk Didn't Defame With 'Pedo Guy' Tweet

    Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when the Tesla CEO labeled him a "pedo guy" in an infamous tweet, a California federal jury found Friday, following less than an hour of deliberations.

  2. December 05, 2019

    Elon Musk's 'Pedo' Tweet 'Devastated' Spelunker, Jury Told

    The wife of a British cave explorer suing Elon Musk for defamation told a California jury in videotaped testimony Thursday that her husband was "really devastated" after Musk labeled him a "pedo guy" in an infamous tweet that generated hundreds of news stories across the world.

  3. December 04, 2019

    Elon Musk 'Pedo' Tweet 'A Life Sentence,' Cave Diver Testifies

    A British cave diver took the stand Wednesday in his defamation suit against Elon Musk, telling a California jury the Tesla CEO's tweet calling him a "pedo guy" branded him as a pedophile, and that the resulting shame and humiliation felt like "a life sentence without parole."

  4. December 03, 2019

    Elon Musk Tells Jury 'Pedo Guy' Tweet Wasn't Literal

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk told a California federal jury Tuesday that he was merely trading insults when he tweeted that a British cave diver was a "pedo guy," saying he couldn't have defamed the man because he didn't mean the statement literally.

  5. December 02, 2019

    Musk's Buzzfeed Email In 'Pedo' Suit Won't Go To Damages

    On the eve of trial in a spelunker's defamation suit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a California federal judge held firm Monday on his decision preventing the spelunker from using Musk's email to a Buzzfeed reporter calling him a "pedo" to show damages.

  6. November 26, 2019

    Breaking Down Elon Musk's 'Pedo Guy' Defamation Trial

    Billionaire Elon Musk wants to take mankind to Mars, but next week, he'll be headed into court to defend calling one man a pedophile in a trial that will pit a veteran defamation lawyer against a younger hotshot who counts celebrity rappers and sports stars as clients.

  7. November 19, 2019

    Musk Can't Avoid Trial In 'Pedo Guy' Defamation Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk can't escape a defamation suit brought by hero spelunker Vernon Unsworth over Musk's tweets calling him a pedophile, finding that Unsworth has put forth enough evidence for the dispute to head to a Dec. 3 jury trial.

  8. May 14, 2019

    Musk Slams 'Sad' Defamation Suit Over 'Pedo Guy' Tweets

    Armed with new representation, Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday slammed a defamation suit brought by hero spelunker Vernon Unsworth over Musk's "pedo guy" tweets, calling the case "sad" and deeming Unsworth "previously unknown."

  9. May 10, 2019

    Judge Sets Musk 'Pedo Guy' Trial, Says Twitter Has Facts Too

    Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk and British hero spelunker Vernon Unsworth will duke it out over Musk's tweets calling Unsworth "pedo guy" in a trial set for Oct. 22, according to an order in which a California federal judge elaborated on why he nixed Musk's bid to have the suit tossed two weeks ago.

  10. April 26, 2019

    Musk Can't Dodge Defamation Suit Over 'Pedo Guy' Tweet

    The same day Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk resolved a dispute in New York federal court with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his cavalier tweets about his company, a California federal judge handed Musk bad news about the billionaire's other Twitter-related legal woes.

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