The British cave explorer suing Elon Musk for calling him a 'pedo guy'...
LOS ANGELES - The British cave explorer suing Elon Musk for calling him a “pedo guy” on Twitter testified on Thursday that his criticism of the Tesla Inc chief executive that led to the tweet was not a personal attack.
“My insult was to the tube and not to Mr. Musk personally,” Unsworth said while being cross-examined by Bill Price, one of Musk’s lawyers. “I’m not sure how I need to apologize. It was my opinion at the time and I stand by that opinion.”Jurors could have the case by Friday after testimony from other witnesses and closing arguments.
Unsworth said the tweets harmed his reputation by branding him a pedophile and a liar, and said on Wednesday that they left him “humiliated, ashamed, dirtied.” In his own testimony, Musk, 48, apologized to Unsworth and said he did not believe Unsworth was a pedophile. To win his lawsuit, Unsworth needs to show Musk was negligent in publishing a falsehood that clearly identified him and caused him harm. He does not need to show that Musk acted with “actual malice,” which is much tougher to prove.
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