Elon Musk defamation suit reveals that he overruled advice to apologize after British cave diver tweet
and public backlash, Sam Teller, chief of staff for Musk’s many enterprises, suggested “an apology email to his company and employees.” Teller cited feedback from trusted team members including SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell, then-CFO Deepak Ahuja and Tesla board member Antonio Gracias.
The case underscores Musk’s headstrong style when it comes to social media. The Unsworth flap unfolded around the same time that Musk alsofor inaccurately tweeting that he’d secured funding to take Tesla private in August 2018. That resulted in a settlement with the regulator that forced him to give up the chairman role at Tesla and required him and the company to pay a combined $40 million in fines.
“I did conclude that, because we said ‘Okay, you’ve got to produce—if you keep saying these things, you’ve got to produce some kind of firm evidence.’ And he was unable to produce firm evidence. And then he went radio silent on us,” Musk said in his August 22, 2019, deposition. Asked by G. Taylor Wilson, an attorney for Unsworth, if Howard “was probably a con man that took your money,” Musk replied, “That is correct. That is my impression at this point.”
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