Musk defends "pedo guy" tweet saying he was responding to insult, apologizes to cave diver Unsworth. Image via AFP.
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Musk claims "pedo guy" tweet was response to insult, not a literal accusation

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, creator of Tesla and SpaceX, defended himself in a defamation lawsuit filed by Vernon Unsworth, the cave diver who famously rescued a high school soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand, by stating that his "pedo guy" tweet regarding Unsworth was not an accusation of pedophilia, but was a common meaningless insult from his childhood in South Africa. Musk also apologized for his words.

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Wed Dec 04 - Reuters

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