A Los Angeles jury ruled against British cave diver Vernon Unsworth in his defamation lawsuit against Elon Musk.
Unsworth filed a lawsuit against Musk after the two clashed over the best way to help a young soccer team escape a flooded cave in Thailand last year.
Musk had pitched several prototypes of submarines that could be used to rescue the boys. Unsworth, however, claimed that Musk “had no conception of what the cave passage was like” and argued that his efforts to help the boys was only a public relations stunt to help his two companies, Tesla and SpaceX.
The billionaire inventor fired back at Unsworth, tweeting, “You know what, don’t bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”
Unsworth then filed a defamation lawsuit against Musk for labeling him a “pedophile” online. He sought $190 million in damages for the tweet.
Following a four-day trial, the jury sided with Musk after less than three hours of deliberation. While leaving the courtroom, Musk said, “My faith in humanity is restored.”
