Elon Musk claims he didn't intend to accuse British diver of pedophilia
by Kari Paul in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#4QG5H)
Tesla CEO's lawyers said 'pedo guy' is a common insult used when Musk was a child in South Africa and not meant to 'accuse a person'
Elon Musk is continuing to try to wriggle his way out of a defamation lawsuit, claiming in a court filing on Monday that a tweet labeling a British diver "pedo guy" was not meant to actually accuse him of pedophilia.
The Tesla CEO is being sued over comments made in 2018 about Vernon Unsworth, a diver who helped rescue a team of young soccer players stuck in an underwater cave.
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