Tesla CEO Elon Musk has danced around the meaning of a 'pedo guy' tweet he aimed a British cave diver who helped rescue a dozen boys in a Thai cave last year.
Elon Musk has owned up to insulting a British spelunker in a rash tweet but wouldn't concede on the witness stand that he called the man a paedophile.
Despite working around the clock to build the sub in short order, Mr Musk arrived in Thailand late in the rescue effort and the craft was never used. Mr Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro, said during opening statements that Mr Unsworth deserves nothing for what he called"joking, taunting tweets in a fight between men."
Mr Musk said he was asked to help with the cave rescue and decided to get involved when he heard a Thai Navy diver died in the cave system and that a monsoon was forecast that could drown the soccer team. Mr Musk responded to a question on Twitter about whether he had accused Mr Unsworth of being a paedophile by saying,"Bet ya a signed dollar it's true."
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