Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has come under fire for using Twitter to attack British diver Vern Unsworth, who helped to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave, calling him a "pedo."
The response came after Unsworth criticized Musk's attempt to save the group using a submarine made by his company. "He can stick his submarine where it hurts," Unsworth said during a CNN interview. "It just had absolutely no chance of working."
Who cares? When asked whether Unsworth would take legal action against Musk, he replied: "Yes, it's not finished."
The British newspaper, The Guardian, spoke with a legal expert who said the diver has a "cast iron case of libel" and that he would be able to sue.
But... he would have to find any assets of Musk's outside of the U.S., the expert explained. The 2010 U.S. SPEECH Act makes foreign libel judgments unenforceable in U.S. courts as they would undermine an American citizen's right to free speech.
Musk should be a-OK.
Here we go again: This isn't the first time Musk has gotten into Twitter trouble. Tesla's Model 3 didn't get Consumer Reports' recommendation back in May, saying the car had "big flaws." In response, Musk tweeted he would create a site where people could rate journalists and their outlets.
He continued to engage and defend when people clapped back.
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