Tesla co-founder Elon Musk, who called a British caver ‘paedo guy’ in their Twitter spat last year, has said the term is a common insult in South Africa, where he grew up. – EPA pic, December 4, 2019.
TESLA co-founder Elon Musk yesterday said he did not literally call a British caver a paedophile during their infamous Twitter spat, telling a Los Angeles court that he simply defended himself from unprovoked insults. The tech billionaire told the defamation trial jury he was “upset” when he described British diver Vernon Unsworth – who helped rescue youth football players trapped in a cave in Thailand – as “paedo guy” in a tweet.
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