Elon Musk goes on trial for defamation over 'pedo guy' tweet. Vernon Unsworth says Musk falsely labeled him and should pay punitive and other damages for harming his reputation
LOS ANGELES - High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk took the witness stand at his defamation trial on Tuesday, testifying that his inflammatory Twitter message at the center of the case was sent in response to an “unprovoked” insult he received from the man now suing him.
The case stems from an offer Musk made to furnish a mini-submarine from SpaceX to assist in the cave rescue in July 2018. Musk said he was merely responding in kind to Unsworth’s remarks. Those comments were “an unprovoked attack on what was a good-natured attempt to help the kids,” Musk testified. “It was wrong and insulting, and so I insulted him back.”
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