Elon Musk Beats Back Defamation Lawsuit Over Insulting Tweet
- Jury deliberates for less than two hours in reaching verdict
- Musk says his ‘faith in humanity’ is restored with decision
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Elon Musk beat back a defamation claim from a British cave expert who sued the billionaire CEO over a tweet in which Musk labeled Vernon Unsworth a “pedo guy.”
A federal jury in Los Angeles Friday took about an hour to return a verdict that said Musk’s insult fell short of defamation.