The deal was called off after Musk participated in a contentious interview with Lemon this year.
Don Lemon at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington in 2022.
Executives “sought to affiliate with reputable figures whose name, likeness, identity, and reputation they could use to piggyback off to retain advertisers. Lemon was a top prospect,” the complaint states. “A gay, Black man with an excellent reputation and a household name, he was the perfect candidate to partner with to aid their dying advertisement revenue.”
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