The British cave diver who helped save a trapped Thai soccer team has sued volatile Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for inexplicably calling him a “child rapist” and “pedo guy.”British diver Vernon Unsworth, who aided in the rescue of 12 boys and their coach from a flooded Thai cave in July, sued Musk for defamation Monday in a federal court in Los Angeles. He’s seeking $75,000 in compensatory damages, unspecified punitive damages and an injunction ordering Musk to stop the unfounded insults. “Elon Musk falsely accused Vern Unsworth of being guilty of heinous crimes,” Unsworth’s attorney L. Lin Wood said in a statement. Investors had also called on Musk to apologize, with one saying his troubling behavior was “fueling an unhelpful perception” of his business leadership. But Musk again goaded the diver last month by tweeting that he found it “strange” that Unsworth hadn’t yet sued him.

Source: Huffington Post September 18, 2018 02:15 UTC