Elon Musk Faces Defamation Trial for ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet

Elon Musk Faces Defamation Trial for ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. on March 14, 2019. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
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LOS ANGELES—Elon Musk is going on trial for some tweets he made in a defamation lawsuit pitting the billionaire against a British diver he’s accused of branding a pedophile.

The Tesla CEO is expected to testify early in the case to explain what he meant when he called Vernon Unsworth, who helped rescue youth soccer players trapped underwater in a Thailand cave, “pedo guy” in a Twitter spat last year.