Jury Finds Elon Musk’s ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet Did Not Defame Caver

Mealey's (December 11, 2019, 1:00 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — Inventor and businessman Elon Musk prevailed in a defamation lawsuit against him on Dec. 6, when a California federal jury found that his Twitter post calling a cave expert involved in the 2018 Thailand soccer team rescue a “pedo guy” did not constitute libel (Vernon Unsworth v. Elon Musk, No. 2:18-cv-08048, C.D. Calif.)....