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...In 2019 a Los Angeles jury cleared him of a defamation claim over a tweet in which he called a British diver a “pedo guy”.However, the “funding secured” tweet has proven costly in other ways....
...And he embroiled himself in a defamation lawsuit with an online verbal assault on a British diver who had accused Mr Musk of grandstanding during the 2018 rescue of 12 boys trapped in a Thailand cave....
...Remember when Elon Musk thought he could send a “kid-sized” submarine into a flooded cave in Thailand to rescue a group of boys who were stuck there (and then after his plan was criticised by a British diver...
...Vernon Unsworth, a British diver, had sought $190m in damages over tweets Mr Musk sent last year that included calling him “pedo guy”....
...“The claimant generally wins in Dublin and the cards are stacked in their favour, however undeserving they might be,” said Mark Stephens, who represents the British cave diver labelled “pedo guy” by Tesla...
...He had been critical of the media’s treatment towards Mr Musk, who last year also courted controversy by smoking marijuana during a live internet radio show and for comments aimed at a British diver during...
Tesla boss reopens old sore in Twitter exchange
...Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla, apologised on Wednesday to the British diver he attacked as a “pedo guy” at the weekend, saying his outburst had been unjustified....
...But for some, the strangest moment wasn't “funding secured”, or paedo-diver-gate, but the carmaker's incredible swing to profitability after years of losses....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on June 28, 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Presumably those were comfortable with the furore around the business and Musk's various distractions, such the defamation lawsuit brought by British diver Vernon Unsworth....
...He also visited the site last week, though the rescue capsule was not used and the children were rescued by divers....
...The divers and rescue specialists knew what had to be done to save the boys and set about it methodically....
...Cleverly uncomplicated, it combined clothes to keep the fashionistas happy — such as the pretty party gowns with floral scuba lining, and rubbery diver’s boots with pointed toes — with colourful, pop-y pieces...
...The British diver he offended is reportedly considering legal action. But if it was just a distraction technique, though, it does seem to have been successful....
...He went so far as to launch an unsubstantiated Twitter assault that referred to a British cave diver as “pedo guy”....
...Having somebody at the helm of an unprofitable business who spends time disparaging critics on Twitter — Mr Musk recently went so far as to lash out at a British diver who helped rescue boys trapped in cave...
...Cab drivers, like football’s penalty-seeking divers, may not feel much evidence is needed. Courts and referees generally do....
...Elon Musk, however, has taken a more Trumpist approach to communications with his 22m followers -- for instance calling a rescue diver a pedophile in one exchange, for which he later apologised....
...A video of British diver Rich Horner swimming through dense shoals of plastic waste off the Indonesian resort island of Bali went viral in March....
...The objection then is that a GoPro-toting free diver or base jumper should experience the moment rather than make a film about it....
...The Nautical, which featured an alarm bell that could be set to ring under water to alert a diver that it was time to head for the surface, was first introduced in 1961....
...In Florida’s Walt Disney World, divers found two-year old Lane Graves dead on Wednesday....
...What the divers seek is solid stocks that have been pulled under along with the stuff that sunk the ship in the first place. Begin with the 837 stocks in the index, and cut....
...One of the first spherical videos to be released, by the Discovery TV Network, shows deep-sea divers swimming with sharks. Another is based on Disney’s upcoming Star Wars film, The Force Awakens....
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