Don Lemon sued Elon Musk and X for fraud and breach of express contract over the cancelation of his short-lived exclusive deal.
, over his canceled content deal with the platform, accusing the billionaire and and the company of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of name and likeness, and breach of express contract.In the suit, filed in San Francisco on Thursday, Lemon alleged that in January, Musk and X had agreed to pay the former CNN journalist a guaranteed $1.
According to the lawsuit, Musk had represented to Lemon that the journalist “would have full authority and control over the work he produced even if disliked by Defendants,” further claiming that Musk said there wasn’t a formal contract in place as Musk said there was no need to “fill out paperwork.”
“And, instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity,” Musk tweeted., but Lemon claimed in the suit that he’d expressed reservations about an exclusive deal given the controversies that hadsince he bought the platform in 2022.
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