Cave explorer dubbed ‘pedo guy’ describes hurt, humiliation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A British cave explorer who helped rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thailand cave last year testified Wednesday that Elon Musk branded him a pedophile and sullied his reputation. Vernon Unsworth choked up as he described the effect of the “pedo guy” tweet the Tesla CEO... Read More

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December 4, 2019

Elon Musk in court dances around meaning of ‘pedo guy’ tweet

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk has owned up to insulting a British spelunker in a rash tweet, but wouldn’t concede on the witness stand that he called the man a pedophile. The Tesla CEO returns to the witness stand Wednesday after spending several hours at his defamation trial trying to dance around the meaning... Read More

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December 3, 2019

Tesla CEO Musk facing defamation trial for ‘pedo guy’ tweet

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk is going on trial Tuesday for his troublesome tweets in a defamation case pitting the billionaire against a British diver he allegedly branded a pedophile. The Tesla CEO will be called to testify early in the case in Los Angeles federal court to explain what he meant when he... Read More

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May 10, 2019

Tesla seeks dismissal of suit challenging Musk pay package

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Tesla Inc. asked a Delaware judge Thursday to dismiss shareholders’ complaints over a compensation plan that could net CEO Elon Musk more than $50 billion over the next decade. A shareholder lawsuit filed last June alleges that Musk and Tesla’s board of directors breached their fiduciary duties to the... Read More

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April 5, 2019

Tesla CEO Musk gets reprieve in contempt-of-court hearing

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday urged stock market regulators and Tesla CEO Elon Musk to amicably settle their dispute over his tweets. If not, she said she’ll decide whether to grant regulators’ request that the outspoken executive face escalating fines if he breaks rules protecting investors. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan... Read More

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March 19, 2019

SEC says Musk’s contempt defense ‘borders on the ridiculous’

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators countered Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s contempt-of-court defense Monday night, writing in court papers that he brazenly disregarded a federal judge’s order and that one of his arguments “borders on the ridiculous.” Lawyers for the Securities and Exchange Commission, in a response to Musk, wrote that when the contempt motion... Read More

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March 12, 2019

Musk’s lawyers say tweet complied with SEC fraud settlement

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk should not be found in contempt of court because he has complied with the terms of a securities fraud settlement, his attorneys wrote in documents filed Monday night with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Musk’s lawyers wrote that a Feb. 19 tweet merely restated prior disclosures on... Read More

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November 9, 2018

New Tesla chairwoman’s biggest challenge is controlling Musk

DETROIT (AP) — Australian telecommunications executive Robyn Denholm brings much-needed financial and auto industry expertise to her new role as Tesla’s board chairwoman, but her biggest challenge is whether she can rein in a CEO with a proclivity for misbehavior. Denholm, who has been a Tesla board member for nearly five years, was named to... Read More

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November 8, 2018

Tesla names new board chair in settlement with regulators

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s board has named one of its own as chairman to replace Elon Musk, complying with terms of a fraud settlement with U.S. securities regulators. The electric car and solar panel company’s board on Thursday named Australian telecommunications executive Robyn Denholm as chairman, effective immediately. Denholm will step down as chief financial... Read More

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October 17, 2018

Judge approves Elon Musk settlement with SEC

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is approving a settlement between Elon Musk and federal regulators over his infamous tweet about taking Tesla private. The Securities and Exchange Commission argued the tweet was misleading and harmed investors who bought stock in the electric car company as a result. The company is not going private.... Read More

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October 12, 2018

Shareholders must vote on Musk’s return as Tesla chairman

If Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to return as chairman, shareholders will have to vote on it. The requirement is detailed in a court brief filed jointly on Thursday by Tesla and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The brief was required by a federal judge who must approve a securities fraud settlement reached with Musk... Read More

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October 5, 2018

Musk takes swipe at SEC on heels of fraud settlement

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is taunting the government regulators who threatened to oust him as CEO of electric carmaker Tesla just days after he settled a case alleging he duped investors. Musk used his Twitter account to jab the Securities and Exchange Commission, the same agency that went after him for an Aug.... Read More

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Elon Musk, Tesla

October 1, 2018

New Tesla chair must rein in CEO Musk at key moment

WASHINGTON (AP) — It won’t be an easy job. Whoever becomes the new chairman of Tesla Motors will face the formidable task of reining in Elon Musk, the charismatic, visionary chief executive with an impulsive streak, while also helping Musk achieve his dream of turning Tesla into a profitable, mass-market producer of environmentally-friendly electric cars.... Read More

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September 18, 2018

Diver who helped with Thai cave rescue sues Elon Musk

A British diver who helped rescue youth soccer players trapped in a cave in Thailand is suing Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO falsely accused him of being a pedophile. Diver Vernon Unsworth, who lives north of London, contends that Musk made the false allegation on Twitter and then repeated multiple other falsehoods after... Read More

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Cave explorer dubbed ‘pedo guy’ describes hurt, humiliation

Elon Musk in court dances around meaning of ‘pedo guy’ tweet

Tesla CEO Musk facing defamation trial for ‘pedo guy’ tweet

Tesla seeks dismissal of suit challenging Musk pay package

Tesla CEO Musk gets reprieve in contempt-of-court hearing

SEC says Musk’s contempt defense ‘borders on the ridiculous’

Musk’s lawyers say tweet complied with SEC fraud settlement

New Tesla chairwoman’s biggest challenge is controlling Musk

Tesla names new board chair in settlement with regulators

Judge approves Elon Musk settlement with SEC

Shareholders must vote on Musk’s return as Tesla chairman

Musk takes swipe at SEC on heels of fraud settlement

New Tesla chair must rein in CEO Musk at key moment

Diver who helped with Thai cave rescue sues Elon Musk

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