The British cave diver who helped rescue 12 children in Thailand and who was hailed a hero by everybody in the world except Elon Musk – who instead decided to label him “pedo guy” and then later a “child rapist”, has reportedly sued Musk for libel, assault and slander, as was noted in this headline that just crossed the wire:
ELON MUSK IS SUED BY THAI CAVE RESCUER VERNON UNSWORTH IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING LIBEL, ASSAULT, SLANDER — COURT RECORDS: RTRS
Recently Musk had quadrupled down on his comments that Unsworth was indeed a pedophile based solely on the fact that Unsworth had not sued him yet. Now, it looks like that argument is off the table for Musk.
Not even 7 days after we pondered what part of Elon Musk’s PR genius compelled him to triple down on his claim that Unsworth was a “pedo” than Musk was back at it again. He then reportedly quadrupled down on these claims, essentially going “all in” on his previous statements and labeling rescue diver Vern Unsworth a “child rapist” in an e-mail he sent to BuzzFeed news.
Musk said Unsworth had moved to Thailand in order to take a child bride “who was about 12 years old at the time”. Musk wrote:
“I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what’s actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you fucking asshole,” Musk wrote in the first message. “He’s an old, single white guy from England who’s been traveling to or living in Thailand for 30 to 40 years, mostly Pattaya Beach, until moving to Chiang Rai for a child bride who was about 12 years old at the time.”
Musk then followed up by stating “I fucking hope he sues me”.
Unsworth’s longtime girlfriend of seven years, 40 year old Woranan Ratrawiphukkuh, stated that he spends part of the year in Thailand and part of the year in the UK. She “declined to comment on Musk’s allegations against Unsworth, and referred a reporter to his lawyers,” according to the report.
When we last reported on Musk’s inability to stop talking about British cave diver Vern Unsworth, we noted that Unsworth was potentially preparing a libel suit against Musk for claims that he had made about the diver.
Below is the full text of the letter obtained by BuzzFeed that was sent to Musk on August 6. In it, it calls Musk’s statements “false and defamatory” and points out that Musk stated, in three Tweets to 22 million followers, that Unsworth “engages in the sexual exploitation of Thai children” at the very same time “he was working to save the lives of twelve Thai children”.
Back on August 29, we reported that Unsworth had retained legal counsel and was “preparing a civil complaint for libel”. Unsworth reportedly sent Musk a letter in August letting him know that a lawsuit could be possible as a result of the statement that Musk made to his over 22 million Twitter followers.
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