Elon Musk wins in 'pedo guy' defamation trial

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After a four-day-long trial, a jury took less than an hour to decide that Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not defame British caver Vernon Unsworth when he sent a tweet calling Unsworth 'pedo guy'

"My faith in humanity is restored," Musk said as he was leaving the courtroom on Friday after the verdict was announced.

During closing arguments on Friday, Unsworth's attorney L. Lin Wood said the tweet was"a nuclear bomb." At the heart of the case was whether Musk's"pedo guy" tweet was a statement of fact. According to Musk's legal team, it was an insult that was provoked by Unsworth, who called Musk's efforts to help with the rescue a"PR stunt."Musk involved himself in the Thai cave rescue by instructing his employees to build a mini submarine to help save the boys. Unsworth said in a CNN interview that Musk should"stick his submarine where it hurts.

Wood told the jury he supported $5 million in actual damages, $35 million in assumed damages and $150 million in punitive damages.

 

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And less than an hour is too much time. There was no case to begin with. Everyone insults everyone on Twitter all the time. Billionaires and hero’s are people too like the rest of us.

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