Elon Musk's lawyers are trying to get an impending securities fraud trial moved from San Francisco to Texas since most prospective jurors hate his guts.
that he was planning to take the EV maker private with "funding secured," which later turned out to be "indisputably false," they claim, while costing them billions of dollars.
But since Musk has made a mess of his acquisition of Twitter, which is based out of San Francisco, Musk's lawyers are worried potential jurors will "hold ill-will toward Mr. Musk" and will not be "afraid to declare it proudly and vividly to the court," according to filings reviewed byThe Tesla investors' lawyers, however, argue this is nonsense, and won't result in any biases that could sway a jury's opinion.
"The potential for bias arising out of Musk’s management of Twitter is non-existent," they said in a statement obtained byWhether a judge will allow Musk's trial to be moved to Texas, where he likely holds a far more favorable standing, remains to be seen. But it's still a surprising illustration of just how unpopular Musk has become as of late — which doesn't bode well for his chances in court.
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