‘A little off his rocker’: jurors grilled over views of Elon Musk for shareholder trial

Despite Musk's claim he can't get a fair trial in Twitter's home town, judge sits San Francisco jury for Tesla suit

The shareholder case against the Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, got off to a slow start on Tuesday, as potential jurors who variously described the controversial tech billionaire as narcissistic", unpredictable", a little off his rocker", a genius" and another arrogant rich guy" were questioned about their impartiality by the judge.

But, by the end of the day, nine jurors had been selected to sit on the jury for the San Francisco trial, which hinges on whether Musk cheated investors of billions" by asserting in 2018 tweets that he had secured" financing to take the electric automaker private.