Musk has previously said in a court declaration that he 'could and would testify' in the trial if called to do so.
The trial over a since-deleted tweet from entrepreneur Elon Musk calling a British diver a"pedo guy" began in a California courtroom Tuesday.
The suit was the culmination of a public spat between Musk and Unsworth that began earlier that summer when seemingly the whole world tuned in to the rescue of 12 young soccer players and their coach who were trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for 18 days in June and July. Musk then lashed out at Unsworth and wrote in the tweet at the center of the lawsuit:"We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problem. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it."
"As one of the highest-profile and wealthiest individuals in the world, Musk knew that this accusations against Mr. Unsworth would be conveyed to a worldwide audience and would result in the accusations receiving massive publicity," the court documents state. Musk concluded the note to the reporter with:"I f------ hope he sues me," according to the complaint.
Musk added that his email to the BuzzFeed News reporter was labeled"off the record," and he did not expect them to publish its contents without verifying it themselves.
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