Vernon Unsworth is suing over tweets Musk made in 2018, after Unsworth told Musk to ‘stick his submarine where it hurts’
Los Angeles — Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in Los Angeles on Friday in the lawsuit brought against Elon Musk by a British cave explorer who says the Tesla founder defamed him with tweets suggesting he is a paedophile.
The jurors will be asked to decide by unanimous vote if Musk defamed Vernon Unsworth with three July 15 2018 tweets, and, if so, how much he must pay in damages. On Thursday, Unsworth declined to apologise for a July 13 2018, CNN interview in which he said Musk’s offer of a mini-submarine to help rescue a boys’ soccer team from a flooded Thailand cave was a “PR stunt” and the wealthy entrepreneur could “stick his submarine where it hurts”.“I’m not sure how I need to apologise. It was my opinion at the time and I stand by that opinion,” he said, when cross-examined by one of Musk’s lawyers.
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