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Tesla's Musk Is Sued by Thai Cave Rescuer Unsworth Court Records

Tesla's Musk Is Sued by Thai Cave Rescuer Unsworth  Court Records

Monday, 17 September 2018 01:56 PM EDT

A British diver who helped rescue youth soccer players trapped in a Thai cave is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Vernon Unsworth alleges that Musk falsely accused him on Twitter of being a pedophile.

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court seeks more than $75,000 in damages and a court order stopping Musk from making further allegations.

Musk called Unsworth a "pedo" after Unsworth criticized Musk in a television interview. Musk and SpaceX engineers built a small submarine and shipped it to Thailand to help with the rescue. The device wasn't used, and Unsworth called it a "PR stunt." Later Musk accused Unsworth of moving to Thailand to be with a bride who was about 12 years old.

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc, was sued on Monday by Vernon Unsworth, in a lawsuit alleging libel, assault and slander, online court records show. Unsworth was one of the rescuers of a group of boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thailand cave in July. A...
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