Musk’s Lawyers Claim Vast Majority of San Francisco Jurors Hold Negative View of Tesla CEO Ahead of Shareholder Trial

Musk’s Lawyers Claim Vast Majority of San Francisco Jurors Hold Negative View of Tesla CEO Ahead of Shareholder Trial
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington in a file photo. Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s lawyers have argued that the Tesla CEO is viewed in a negative light by more than 80 percent of prospective jurors in San Francisco in an effort to get his upcoming trial against a group of Tesla shareholders moved out of the state.

Lawyers for Musk argued in court documents that questionnaires, which are not publicly available, completed by nearly 200 prospective jurors in San Francisco showed that 82 percent of them have a negative opinion of Musk, Bloomberg reported.
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