Musk’s alleged stalker identified; no evidence of ElonJet tracking, report says
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Last Wednesday, Elon Musk seemed absolutely convinced that an alleged crazy stalker" used a Twitter account tracking his private jet to accurately pinpoint the Twitter CEO's live location at a gas station outside the Los Angeles International Airport. Posting a video of the alleged stalker, claiming his son was in the car, and blaming @ElonJet for endangering his family, Musk banned the Twitter account and threatened legal action against the account's creator, Jack Sweeney.
Police have since investigated the incident, and the alleged stalker, Brandon Collado, has come forward. On Saturday, Collado reportedly even tweeted directly at Musk to say, I am the guy in the video."
But so far, police told The Washington Post, there's no evidence to suggest the man police were investigating had used the jet-tracking account." The Post also found no evidence that either of Musk's kids were in the car when the incident occurred. Police told The Post that no arrests had been made, and no crime reports had been filed by Musk or his security team.