Personal and business legal affairs of Elon Musk
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The personal and business legal affairs of Elon Musk encompass the legal cases involving businessman Elon Musk as the plaintiff, defendant, or concerning his companies.
On-going
[edit]Defendant cases
[edit]Custody Battle with Grimes
[edit]In July 2024, Musk faces a Texas-based custody battle with Grimes for their three children after Grimes' mother accused him for withhold passport of her grandchildren.[1]
False flag lawsuit
[edit]In October 2023, a US Jewish citizen from California sued Musk, accusing him of falsely claiming that he was a neo-Nazi.[2]
Severance pay
[edit]Former Twitter executives sued Musk and X Corp. for US$128 million in unpaid severance in March 2024. In the filing, the plaintiffs alleged that Musk had acted in revenge against them personally.[3] A district judge dismissed Musk's bid to dismiss the case on November 1, 2024. [4]
Business cases
[edit]Tesla
[edit]Drug use
[edit]In May 2024, a Tesla shareholder added a complaint to an existing lawsuit by accusing Musk's alleged illicit drug use of jeopardizing Tesla's performance.[5]
Resolved
[edit]Plaintiff cases
[edit]OpenAI principles lawsuit
[edit]In March 2024, Musk sued OpenAI, claiming the company violated its principles.[6] Musk withdrew his lawsuit in June.[7][8]
Defendant cases
[edit]Defamation
[edit]In December 2019, a federal court jury dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by a British cave explorer who Musk had branded a "Pedo guy" on Twitter.[9]
Business cases
[edit]Defamation
[edit]In May 2024, a federal judge dismissed X Corp.'s lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, citing a California law against strategic lawsuits against public participation.[10]
Dogecoin lawsuit
[edit]In June 2022, Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla were sued for allegedly inflating the price of Dogecoin.[11] A Manhattan judge dismissed the case in August 2024, calling Musk's statements "aspirational". [12]
Severance pay
[edit]In July 2024, a US judge dismissed a case brought by former Twitter staff, who accused Musk of "unlawfully denying roughly $500m in severance payments owed to workers fired after his takeover of the company."[13] At least one former employee was awarded unpaid severance in September in a closed-door arbitration.[4]
Other cases
[edit]Musk is funding Gina Carano's wrongful termination lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Musk and Grimes Appear in Court for Custody Battle". Bussines Insider.
- ^ Mekelburg, Madlin (October 3, 2023). "Elon Musk Sued for Defamation Over 'False Flag' Neo-Nazi Claim". Bloomberg News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ Kolodny, Lora (2024-03-04). "Former Twitter execs sue Musk and X for more than $128 million in severance". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ a b "Former Twitter execs sue Musk and X for more than $128 million in severance". Yahoo! Finances. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Musk Faces Lawsuit for Drug Use, X Posts Under the Influence". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ Satariano, Adam; Metz, Cade; Mickle, Tripp (March 1, 2024). "Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Violating the Company's Principles". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI".
- ^ "Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman". New York Times.
- ^ "Tesla boss Elon Musk wins defamation trial over his 'pedo guy' tweet". Reuters.
- ^ Oremus, Will; Telford, Taylor (May 29, 2024). "Musk tried to 'punish' critics, judge rules, in tossing a lawsuit". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ Van Voris, Bob (June 16, 2022). "Musk, Tesla, SpaceX Are Sued for Alleged Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme". Bloomberg News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "Musk Beats Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'". Bloomberg News. August 30, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "Musk defeats ex-Twitter staff seeking $500m in severance". BBC. August 30, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (February 6, 2024). "Elon Musk Is Funding Ex-'Mandalorian' Actress's Suit Against Disney". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
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