Elon Musk sought to dismiss a defamation lawsuit, with his lawyers arguing that no one could have taken seriously his claim that a British cave diver is a pedophile, especially because the statement was made in the “rough and tumble” forum of Twitter. The motion, filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court in California, is the latest twist in a war of words between Mr. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and British cave explorer Vern Unsworth. Mr Musk took offense after Mr. Unsworth,...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 27, 2018 19:17 UTC