A Los Angeles judge declared that billionaire Elon Musk must defend himself in court for a 2018 tweet in which he insulted a diver working to save Thai schoolboys trapped in an underwater cave,as BBC reports. The trial date is set for October 22.
Vern Unsworth, the diver in question who helped rescue the 12 boys who were trapped in Thailand’s Tham Luang caves, or is suing Musk over a tweet in which Musk referred to him as a “pedo guy” during an altercation on Twitter in which the two tangled publicly over Musk’s attempt to back the rescue effort by sending a small submarine to Thailand for use in the rescue.
Unsworth,in an appearance on CNN at the time, was generally dismissive of Musk’s offer of the submarine, or characterizing it as nothing more than a publicity stunt that wasn’t a genuine or practical effort to back the perilous quandary in the caves.Click here to continue and read more...
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