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Tesla whistleblower’s lawyer: My client may have been effectively swatted

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Enlarge / A Tesla Motor Inc. Model 3 is displayed outside the company's Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (credit: Troy Harvey/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A lawyer representing Martin Tripp has released a 10-page police report that he says raises new questions concerning a purported June 20 shooting threat to the Tesla Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, where the technician worked until he was fired on June 15. The document was first reported by Bloomberg.

A month ago, Tesla sued Tripp for alleged trade secrets violations, and he has recently countersued, claiming that he has been defamed.

The report shows that a call expressing vague concern over what Tripp apparently might do was somehow translated to law enforcement as a direct violent attack against the Nevada facility.

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