A US judge said Elon Musk must face a defamation lawsuit by a British diver who said he was falsely branded a paedophile and child rapist.
by the chief executive of electric car company Tesla Inc.
US District Judge Stephen Wilson in Los Angeles said a reasonable jury could conclude that Musk's comments were more than mere opinions, and scheduled a trial for October 22. The judge had on April 26 denied Musk's bid to dismiss the lawsuit brought by diver Vernon Unsworth, without explaining his reasoning.Musk's lawyers did not immediately respond on Friday to requests for comment.
Unsworth, who said in his lawsuit he shared a house in the Thailand countryside with a 40-year-old woman who owned a nail salon, was part of a team thatHe said he became a target for Musk after saying on CNN that a mini-submarine offered for the rescue by Musk from his company SpaceX, where he is also chief executive, was a"PR stunt" and that Musk could"stick his submarine where it hurts.
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