Caver says Musk tweet gave him 'a life sentence'

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Vernon Unsworth tells court 'pedo guy' rant resulted in him being associated with pedophilia. FMTNews ElonMusk VernonUnsworth

LOS ANGELES: A British caver who was labelled “pedo guy” by Tesla co-founder Elon Musk said Wednesday he felt “humiliated” and “dirtied” by the tech billionaire’s accusation, and that it amounted to “a life sentence”.

“Effectively from day one, I was given a life sentence without parole,” Unsworth, who helped rescue youth football players trapped in a cave in Thailand, told the court.“Sometimes I feel very vulnerable, very isolated,” he said.Musk’s highly-publicised row with Unsworth erupted in July 2018 after the British caver dismissed the entrepreneur’s proposal to build a mini-submarine to rescue the boys stuck in the cave as a “PR stunt”.

“Pedo guy is more flippant than pedo, especially in the context I used in the tweet,” Musk told the court Wednesday.As an example, he added, calling someone “mother doesn’t mean incest”.

 

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