corvus albus 38,031 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Elon Musk admitted he is a “****ing idiot” for smearing a British cave diver that helped save a dozen kids as a “child rapist” in an email to a BuzzFeed reporter, court documents in the ensuing defamation trial show. A refresher: Last year, 12 kids and their soccer team coach were trapped in a cave in Thailand but emerged alive weeks later thanks to the efforts of rescuers, including British expat and Thailand resident Vernon Unsworth. Later, Unsworth criticized a “mini-sub” that Musk had his engineers build for the rescue effort as worthless and having “absolutely no chance of working.” Musk retaliated by accusing Unsworth of being a “pedo guy” in a tweet to his millions of followers on July 15, 2018. Musk also doubled down in an August 2018 series of emails to BuzzFeed News in which he referred to Unsworth as a “child rapist” and claimed the diver moved to Chiang Rai to marry a 12-year-old girl, citing a private investigator. (British tabloids later reported Woranan Ratrawiphukkun is 40 and met Unsworth in the UK less than a decade ago.) While Musk could charitably be called ignorant with respect to journalistic norms—he once cited an alleged sex cult’s website as evidence that the media is biased against him—he really took that to the next level in his emails to BuzzFeed, which he assumed would not publish them because he prefaced them with “off the record.” That nothing one says to a reporter is actually off the record unless they affirmatively agree to it in advance is more or less a kindergarten-level lesson in media literacy. Well, Musk now realizes that he flunked that class. Court documents from Unsworth’s legal team, based on info found during discovery, show he told a PR consultant: “I didn’t expect Buzzfeed to publish an off the record email. My intent was to have them investigate and come to their own conclusions, not publish my email directly. Still, I’m a ****ing idiot.” The rest of the article: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-i-m-a-****ing-idiot-1838865882?rev=1570540939587&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybikitty 1,580 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 We been knew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I read it as F*ggot and I screamed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus 38,031 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Andreu said: I read it as F*ggot and I screamed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 If he considers himself an idiot then I do not want to know what he would think of me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo 79,344 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Run Claire.... Hottie Detector Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTI WP 19,799 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Anything new about him ??? We already knew he is a psycho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
misunderstood 8,736 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Andreu said: I read it as F*ggot and I screamed I just saw your insta, you're so cute "I'd rather be poor and happy, than rich and alone" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTV 12,481 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Sad and lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANGT 4,905 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 3 hours ago, corvus albus said: My intent was to have them investigate and come to their own conclusions, not publish my email directly. Still, I’m a ****ing idiot.” so he still maintains this guy might be a pedophile even now. jesus CHRIST he's such garbage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltlmnstr 2,771 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Yeah that was stupid It really showed his generational upbringing tho Like that why they say “you takw the boy out of so-so, but the boy is still...” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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