Elon Musk said he hoped the cave rescuer would sue him. Now it’s happening.

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Elon Musk just got the lawsuit he was looking for.

Thai cave rescuer Vernon Unsworth is now officially suing Elon Musk for calling him a pedophile on Twitter.

The feud between the billionaire Tesla CEO and the cave diving expert kicked off back in July after Unsworth, a British citizen, criticized a mini-submarine Musk had built in an attempt to aide in the efforts to save a boys soccer team and their coach from flooded caves in Thailand. 

Unlike Musk, Unsworth was a key part of the rescue efforts. Musk’s comeback to the critique involved hurling a completely unfounded accusation that the cave diver was a pedophile, or “pedo guy” as Musk called him on Twitter. Unsworth, at the time, announced he was pursuing his legal options in response to the claim. Read more…

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Diver attacked by Elon Musk as ‘pedo guy’ is prepping a libel suit

A British cave diving expert who helped save the young Thai football team that got trapped in caves this summer is preparing a legal action against Elon Musk for making “false and defamatory statements”, TechCrunch has confirmed. BuzzFeed reported the development earlier, after obtaining a letter sent to Musk’s home on August 6 by a firm […]

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Elon Musk finally apologizes for his ‘pedo’ comment to Thai cave diver

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Three days after calling Vernon Unsworth a “pedo” Elon Musk has issued an apology to the British diver that participated in the rescue of the trapped Thai soccer team.  

“My words were spoken in anger,” Musk tweeted on Wednesday. “I apologize to Mr. Unsworth and to the companies I represent as leader. The fault is mine and mine alone.” 

As this well-written article suggests, my words were spoken in anger after Mr. Unsworth said several untruths & suggested I engage in a sexual act with the mini-sub, which had been built as an act of kindness & according to specifications from the dive team leader.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2018 Read more…

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