LOS ANGELES - A US judge on Friday said Elon Musk must face a defamation lawsuit by a British diver who said he was falsely branded a pedophile and child rapist by the chief executive of electric car company Tesla Inc.
He said he became a target for Musk after saying on CNN that a mini-submarine offered for the rescue by Musk from his company SpaceX, where he is also chief executive, was a"PR stunt" and that Musk could"stick his submarine where it hurts." But the judge said Musk was not communicating in"heated and volatile" settings that might explain any excesses.