Musk spent $50k digging into critic’s personal life

Elon Musk spent more than $50,000 digging into the personal life of British expat and Thai caver Vern Unsworth in summer 2018 in an effort to substantiate the claim that he was a "pedo guy." Musk revealed the spending in his latest response to a defamation lawsuit Unsworth filed against him last year.

Can we all agree that Musk is a twat.

He talks shit about someone to a reporter and then simultaneously is cowardly enough to delete the tweets and investigate the guy he insulted.

I really wish he would take a one-way ride to a comet or something. (Seveneves readers know what I'm talking about.)

Musk had no proof and admits he was wrong based on private investigators he hired, and had planned on setting up fake interviews to get personal information but believes the case should be dismissed because the people he paid misled him. What a terrible defense. I'm wondering if Musk wasn't projecting all along.

> But Musk argues that it doesn't matter, legally speaking, if his claims about Unsworth were actually true. What matters is that Musk believed the claims were true at the time he repeated them to BuzzFeed reporter Ryan Mac.

The core of the defense. His contribution to making electric vehicles popular can/should no longer serve as a shield for terrible behavior.

Edit: I take it from the influx of downvotes that any terrible behavior should just be excused...

Whether Musk wins the lawsuit or not, he's proving himself to be an aerospace grade douche...

So? Journalists do this with whomever they wish, and it's lucrative enough to be their full-time job.