Elon Musk sued for defamation by British Thai cave rescue diver

By Felicity Duncan

Just in case there was any doubt that Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Twitter hijinks are ill-advised, consider this: he is now being sued by the British diver whom he repeatedly called a paedophile on the social media platform.

Musk got into a Twitter feud with the diver, Vernon Unsworth, after Unsworth criticised Musk's proposal for a rescue submarine during the Thai cave crisis, when a group of teenagers got stuck in an underwater cavern. Musk didn't appreciate Unsworth's statement that the mini-sub Musk had designed was a PR stunt that would never work. In response, Musk repeatedly accused Unsworth of being a "pedo guy."

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