Chiang Rai cave rescuer sues Elon Musk
- Elon Musk,
- Diver Vernon Unsworth
A British diver
from Chiang Rai
who helped rescue the Wild Boars team from the Tham Luang cave
alleging that the Tesla CEO falsely accused him of being a paedophile.
who is from north of London
contends that Musk made
after the dramatic rescue of the young football players and their coach in July.
false allegation on Twitter
then repeated multiple other falsehoods
after Mr Unsworth criticised Musk
in a July 13, 2018
television interview with CNN about the rescue.
Musk called Mr Unsworth a "pedo" in a tweet to his 22.5 million followers
- The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal
court Monday
seeks
more than $75,000 in damages
a court order stopping Musk from making further allegations.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk and engineers from his rocket company, SpaceX,
built a small submarine
shipped it to Thailand
to help with the rescue.
The device wasn't used
and in the interview
Mr Unsworth
called it a "PR stunt"
said
it wouldn't have worked to free the boys who were trapped in the flooded cave.
Musk "can stick his submarine somewhere where it hurts."
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