Tesla countersued by 'whistleblower' it accused of sabotage and shooting threat

Firm sued Martin Tripp after Elon Musk claimed the ex-technician had attacked Tesla computer systems

The Tesla "whistleblower" who was accused of sabotage has filed a counterclaim against Tesla and Elon Musk, arguing that his former employer defamed him when it told media outlets that he had threatened a mass shooting.

Martin Tripp, a former technician at Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada, was sued by the electric car company on 20 June, just days after Musk had sent a company email stating that an employee had engaged in "quite extensive and damaging sabotage" against the company's computer systems.