Elon Musk not liable in 'pedo guy' defamation trial
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. leaves the US District Court, Central District of California through a back door in Los Angeles, U.S. on December 3, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.defamed British caver Vernon Unsworth in a Los Angeles federal court on Friday.and SpaceX CEO had called him "sus" and a "pedo guy" on Twitter earlier that summer.
Musk and his defense team, led by attorney Alex Spiro, argued that "pedo guy" was simply heated rhetoric and not meant as a statement of fact. They also argued that the phrase "pedo guy" is widely known as slang for "creepy old guy." And they suggested that Unsworth was looking for a payday in court, and had not sincerely been harmed by the "pedo guy" label.
Unsworth's expertise and knowledge of the caves proved instrumental in extracting the soccer team. He is credited as being a leader of the rescue effort. Before the rescue was completed, Musk had directed employees to compel Thai officials to say nice things about him and his mini-sub, even as storms continued to bear down.
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