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ultimately vernon unsworth's lawyers we re ultimately vernon unsworth's lawyers were unable to proven sufficiently negatively impacted. indeed in the days after the tweet, the defence argued vernon u nsworth the tweet, the defence argued vernon unsworth was the focus of celebration and praise, not suspicion. it means that while it judged tweet may have cost anyone musk millions of dollars in the past, it was not to be the case this time. i accept thejury past, it was not to be the case this time. i accept the jury verdict, ta ke time. i accept the jury verdict, take it on the chin, and move on. saudi arabia's king has described the killings of three people at a us military base — carried out by a saudi citizen — as a "heinous crime." the gunman was a member of the saudi air force, visiting the us for training. he injured eight other people before being shot dead by police in pensacola, florida. peter bowes has the latest. another mass shooting, for the second time this week at a us military base. the alarm was raised shortly before 7am when a student pilot opened fire in a classroom
ultimately vernon unsworth's lawyers we re ultimately vernon unsworth's lawyers were unable to proven sufficiently negatively impacted. indeed in the days after the tweet, the defence argued vernon u nsworth the tweet, the defence argued vernon unsworth was the focus of celebration and praise, not suspicion. it means that while it judged tweet may have cost anyone musk millions of dollars in the past, it was not to be the case this time. i accept thejury past, it was not to be the case this...
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vernon unsworth's lawyer says the impact on ordinary people could be devastating.e away from this that whether you are a bully boy billionaire or a penniless control, that you can insult people with the most grievous and heinous allegations without recourse and that's a real problem. the numbers in court today were about seeking justice. and compensation. they were also about discouraging elon musk and his ilk from repeating what they have done in the devastation that they have wreaked on the small man, vernon unsworth. mark stephens, lawyer for vernon unsworth who lost his libel trial against billionaire elon musk. saudi arabia's king has described the killings of three people at a us military base — carried out by a saudi citizen — as a "heinous crime." the gunman was a member of the saudi air force — visiting the us for training. he injured eight other people before being shot dead by police, in pensacola, florida. peter bowes has the latest. another mass shooting, for the second time this week at a us military base. the alarm was raised shortly before 7am when
vernon unsworth's lawyer says the impact on ordinary people could be devastating.e away from this that whether you are a bully boy billionaire or a penniless control, that you can insult people with the most grievous and heinous allegations without recourse and that's a real problem. the numbers in court today were about seeking justice. and compensation. they were also about discouraging elon musk and his ilk from repeating what they have done in the devastation that they have wreaked on the...
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he is alleged to have called british cave diver vernon unsworth a paedophile on twitter. and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand last year, is seeking unspecified damages. mr musk denies the accusation. let's go to sophie long, who is in los angeles for us. we have heard the opening statements. what did the court here? the first opening statement came from vern unsworth, the man leading his legal team, and he spoke about that rescue that captured the world's attention. despite that, when the world was celebrating, he had gone on television and given an interview where he had when asked about elon musk‘s attempted to help and how he had dismissed it as a pr stunt. then talked about the succession of tweets that came from elon musk later and said that the particular tweet in question where he called vernon unsworth pedo guy, he spoke about the shame of being called a paedophile on what should have been one of the most proudest moments of his life. elon musk‘s lawyer gave a very different picture of the same series of events. he said that this is the case ab
he is alleged to have called british cave diver vernon unsworth a paedophile on twitter. and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand last year, is seeking unspecified damages. mr musk denies the accusation. let's go to sophie long, who is in los angeles for us. we have heard the opening statements. what did the court here? the first opening statement came from vern unsworth, the man leading his legal team, and he spoke about that rescue that captured the world's attention. despite...
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unsworth was in fact a paedophile. --0f elon musk.he court with thing and potentially a legal bill, vernon unsworth? that is the question i posed to vernon unsworth a short time ago i'd these steps. what now for him? he did not answer that question really. he still has to ta ke that question really. he still has to take all of the said because he has travelled all this way and put a lot of effort into this case, that was made clear during the proceedings and effectively he is left with nothing. there was a claim by his lawyers that there should be an award of around $190 million, they contention being that is chump change to someone the likes of elon musk, he is worth at least $20 billion. an element of elon musk's south african heritage because the insult may not be as bad as it appears on the page? the contention from the defence was always that this was not something to be taken literally that the "pedo guy" tweed was a knockback to the insult that elon musk felt vernon unsworth had delivered to him in an interview on television in
unsworth was in fact a paedophile. --0f elon musk.he court with thing and potentially a legal bill, vernon unsworth? that is the question i posed to vernon unsworth a short time ago i'd these steps. what now for him? he did not answer that question really. he still has to ta ke that question really. he still has to take all of the said because he has travelled all this way and put a lot of effort into this case, that was made clear during the proceedings and effectively he is left with nothing....
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he called vernon unsworth pedo guy, was very damaging.ing accused of being a paedophile what should have been one of the proudest moments of his life. we then heard the lawyer leading the defence, elon musk‘s lawyer, he gave a very different picture of the same series of events. he said this was the case about an argument between two men trading insults and he said it was vernon unsworth who went on television first and he made the first insult. and he said it was not an allegation of a crime, it was that, and insult. he also said that the tweet was deleted. he said it was a joking, deleted, apologised for tweet. there was no damage cause. he went on to say that instead of damage caused to his life that was set up by acro to‘s lawyers, actually it expanded his social media profile and he now needed an agent to deal with all the requests. so two different accounts of the requests to this case. given the amount of press behind you, a huge amount of interest in this trial, was to expect next, what is the next process? yeah, you can see the n
he called vernon unsworth pedo guy, was very damaging.ing accused of being a paedophile what should have been one of the proudest moments of his life. we then heard the lawyer leading the defence, elon musk‘s lawyer, he gave a very different picture of the same series of events. he said this was the case about an argument between two men trading insults and he said it was vernon unsworth who went on television first and he made the first insult. and he said it was not an allegation of a...
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both unsworth and elon musk are in court unsworth is in front of the jury and back to the jury elon facingm unsworth's attorney lynn wad was only three feet from elon musk pointing at him saying he is a liar, billionaire bully saying he knew what he was saying it wasn't a insult because he googled unsworth before the tweet and about the area of thailand after that musk's attorney got up and said, look, come on, let's get real this is just two guys insulting each other wood, the unsworth attorney suggested we have ideas for damages if you want to consider here they are. $40 million in kpens tory. and 35 million for assumed in the future and then to punish with punitive damages maybe at least $150 million would discourage him in the future elon musk attorney said is this the price is right however, he did say if you want to consider damages, give him a dollar or vernon unsworth charges $1,000 per speech he gave a performance this week it's in the jury's hands it's a friday afternoon. jurors want to get it done before the weekend so they don't have to come back. they can go back to work. >> j
both unsworth and elon musk are in court unsworth is in front of the jury and back to the jury elon facingm unsworth's attorney lynn wad was only three feet from elon musk pointing at him saying he is a liar, billionaire bully saying he knew what he was saying it wasn't a insult because he googled unsworth before the tweet and about the area of thailand after that musk's attorney got up and said, look, come on, let's get real this is just two guys insulting each other wood, the unsworth...
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vernon unsworth, a british man who live nearby, was instrumental in advising that effort. also traveled to the region, with a specially designed mini submarine. in a tv interview mr unsworth called it a" pr stunt", calling mr musk to snap back, using the phrase "pedo guy". he later deleted the tweet but vernon unsworth sued him for defamation, saying he had wrongly been accused of paedophilia. elon musk was describing court as a billionaire bully, a man who dropped a nuclear bomb into the life of vernon unsworth. but the jury said the tweet was an insult but not an accusation, a view which could set a precedent when it comes to libel cases involving social media. this verdict sends a signal, and one signal only, that you can make any accusation you want to, as vile as it may be, as damaging at it may be, as untrue as it may be, and someone can get away with it. the only thing i'm going to say is, the jury got this right, and we don't have any further comment at this time. how is mr musk? everyone is well. thank you. ultimately mr unsworth's lawyers were unable to prove tha
vernon unsworth, a british man who live nearby, was instrumental in advising that effort. also traveled to the region, with a specially designed mini submarine. in a tv interview mr unsworth called it a" pr stunt", calling mr musk to snap back, using the phrase "pedo guy". he later deleted the tweet but vernon unsworth sued him for defamation, saying he had wrongly been accused of paedophilia. elon musk was describing court as a billionaire bully, a man who dropped a nuclear...
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the spat with vernon unsworth took place as the diver was helping rescue young soccer players trappedmore. well, the first opening statement came from vernon unsworth, the lawyer, the man leading his legal team. and he told the court all about that rescue that you talk about, the rescue that really captured the world's attention, and how that despite that, when the world was celebrating, vernon unsworth had gone on television and given an interview in which he was asked about elon musk‘s attempt to help, the submarine, the mini submarine he offered, and how he had dismissed it in that television interview as a pr stunt. he then talked about the tweets, the succession of tweets that came from elon musk later, and he said that the particular tweet in question in which he called vernon unsworth "pedo guy" was very damaging. he talked about how he felt the shame of being accused of being a paedophile, at what should have been one of the proudest moments of his life. we then heard the lawyer leading the defence, elon musk‘s lawyer. he gave a very different picture of the same series of eve
the spat with vernon unsworth took place as the diver was helping rescue young soccer players trappedmore. well, the first opening statement came from vernon unsworth, the lawyer, the man leading his legal team. and he told the court all about that rescue that you talk about, the rescue that really captured the world's attention, and how that despite that, when the world was celebrating, vernon unsworth had gone on television and given an interview in which he was asked about elon musk‘s...
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vernon unsworth, a british man who lived nearby, was instrumental in advising that effort.led to the region, with a specially designed mini submarine. in a tv interview mr unsworth called it a" pr stunt", calling mr musk to snap back, using the phrase "pedo guy". he later deleted the tweet but vernon unsworth sued him for defamation, saying he had wrongly been accused of paedophilia. elon musk was describing court as a billionaire bully, a man who dropped a nuclear bomb into the life of vernon unsworth. but the jury said the tweet was an insult but not an accusation, a view which could set a precedent when it comes to libel cases involving social media. this verdict sends a signal, and one signal only, that you can make any accusation you want to, as vile as it may be, as damaging at it may be, as untrue as it may be, and someone can get away with it. the only thing i'm going to say is, the jury got this right, and we don't have any further comment at this time. reporter: how is mr musk? everyone is well. thank you. ultimately mr unsworth's lawyers were unable to prove that
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unsworth suing the ceo for defamation over the 2018 tweet in which musk referred to unsworth as quote, pedo guy. unsworth arguing that musk's insinuation that he was a pedophile has hurt his reputation. in late developments yesterday, though, musk's defense attorneys trotted out a photograph they say proves unsworth was not harmed by the tweet which musk says was merely an insult. take a look. we have obtained the picture. it is of unsworth being honored by former british prime minister theresa may after he led the rescue of that thai soccer team that was trapped in a cave. he was honored by people such as a member of the british empire by prince william and was paid for his work in books and documentaries about the rescue. would they have done all of this if they truly believed musk's attorneys argue, that unsworth was a pedophile? robert gray has been following this wild and wacky trial all week long. these are huge damages he's seeking. i thought it would be 75 grand. reporter: absolutely, liz. that was sort of the floor, i guess. now we see why they were not testifying. they were
unsworth suing the ceo for defamation over the 2018 tweet in which musk referred to unsworth as quote, pedo guy. unsworth arguing that musk's insinuation that he was a pedophile has hurt his reputation. in late developments yesterday, though, musk's defense attorneys trotted out a photograph they say proves unsworth was not harmed by the tweet which musk says was merely an insult. take a look. we have obtained the picture. it is of unsworth being honored by former british prime minister theresa...
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unsworth may get a pyric victory.u're right, you were defamed, what did you lose? that is the hope, expectation and plan of defense counsel. connell: we'll follow it. obviously we're also following impeachment. i want to ask but the development of the day today from the intelligence committee in the house of representatives releasing its worth which i understand it sets up possible articles of impeachment. what is the takeaway, the big takeaway from this today from your vantage point? >> there is exceptional detail in there about which we did not know and about which no one on the committee discussed personally that involves the trigger person in all this rudy giuliani. there are hundreds of emails and phone calls which were examined by investigators for the committee which tie the president to mayor giuliani and mayor giuliani to all the players on the ground. i wouldn't say this is an airtight case but far stronger case than the one we thought democrats had last week. connell: you wouldn't say it is airtight case. i
unsworth may get a pyric victory.u're right, you were defamed, what did you lose? that is the hope, expectation and plan of defense counsel. connell: we'll follow it. obviously we're also following impeachment. i want to ask but the development of the day today from the intelligence committee in the house of representatives releasing its worth which i understand it sets up possible articles of impeachment. what is the takeaway, the big takeaway from this today from your vantage point? >>...
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vernon unsworth took legal action after mr musk called him a "pedo guy" on twitter.ntered court on friday for the fourth and now final day of this trial, what has surely been the most intense not to mention expensive examination ever of a single tweet. how many of you? that tweet, sent in july 2018, came in the midst of the miraculous rescue of 12 thai boys and their football coach from a flooded cave. vernon unsworth, a british man who lived nearby, was instrumental in advising that effort. elon musk also travelled to the region with a specially designed mini—submarine. in a tv interview, mr unsworth called it a pr stunt, prompting mr musk to snap back, using the phrase "pedo guy". he later deleted the tweet, but mr unsworth sued him for defamation, arguing he had been wrongly accused of paedophilia. elon musk was described in court as a billionaire bully, a man who dropped a nuclear bomb into the life of vernon unsworth. but the jury saw it differently. they said the tweet was an insult, but not an accusation, a view which could set a precedent when it comes to lib
vernon unsworth took legal action after mr musk called him a "pedo guy" on twitter.ntered court on friday for the fourth and now final day of this trial, what has surely been the most intense not to mention expensive examination ever of a single tweet. how many of you? that tweet, sent in july 2018, came in the midst of the miraculous rescue of 12 thai boys and their football coach from a flooded cave. vernon unsworth, a british man who lived nearby, was instrumental in advising that...
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mr unsworth denies the allegation entirely. dave lee is following the story from san francisco.s when it involves a british man in elon musk? elon musk is a resident here. he is an international businessman, one of the richest men in the world, but he arrived at this federal court building a los angeles about 20 or 30 minutes ago, we think he can now just be starting to get his first testimony, much of the one care was taken up with jury selection and a long process during which the judge asked eachjuror a long list of questions including whether they have strong opinions negative or positive on elon musk, and whether they have strong opinions on billionaires, when both legal teams we re billionaires, when both legal teams were happy he then heard the opening state m e nts were happy he then heard the opening statements from each team. the first ago was buried in unsworth lawyer who set out his case and how he felt herinner who set out his case and how he felt her inner strength and damage by the tweets. that's a burning unsworth must we heard from elon musk‘s lawyer who taught
mr unsworth denies the allegation entirely. dave lee is following the story from san francisco.s when it involves a british man in elon musk? elon musk is a resident here. he is an international businessman, one of the richest men in the world, but he arrived at this federal court building a los angeles about 20 or 30 minutes ago, we think he can now just be starting to get his first testimony, much of the one care was taken up with jury selection and a long process during which the judge asked...
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to which unsworth said no. so we'll have to see what happens when his team takes tear turn to get up there. we're expected to hear more from unsworth. we still have on deck, unsworth's ex-wife, expected to testify by video. a webex pert as well. so we're not expecting this to wrap up necessarily this afternoon. connell: right, day three. a few more days? what are they thinking, robert? do you have any idea? reporter: one of the breaks one of the attorneys told us this could go on a day or two. we'll see how fast they get through these. they're definitely taking a very pragmatic approach if you will in setting this all up for the 8 person panel on the jury. they're taking their time right now. connell: there is a hot to get through i guess. we'll keep following it. elon musk. robert gray in l.a. thank you, robert. melissa: looking toward the future, general motors teaming up with lg chem to make battery cells for electric cars in lordstown, ohio. fox business's jeff flock is live in lansing, illinois with the de
to which unsworth said no. so we'll have to see what happens when his team takes tear turn to get up there. we're expected to hear more from unsworth. we still have on deck, unsworth's ex-wife, expected to testify by video. a webex pert as well. so we're not expecting this to wrap up necessarily this afternoon. connell: right, day three. a few more days? what are they thinking, robert? do you have any idea? reporter: one of the breaks one of the attorneys told us this could go on a day or two....
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the man he vanquished in court, vernon unsworth, appeared a short while later looking quite ashen andmply said that he accepted the jury's verdict and he would have to take this on the chin, as he put it, and get back on with his life. his lawyers, i might add, we re his life. his lawyers, i might add, were more outspoken. they made the point that this verdict meant it was now open season, as point that this verdict meant it was now open season, as they put it, on social media, for people, powerful oi’ social media, for people, powerful or otherwise, to say precisely what they want and get away with it. do we know any more about why or how thejury came we know any more about why or how the jury came to this decision? the lawyers for elon musk contended that this represented, this comment, represented an insult and not an allegation. it was part of a battle of words, if you like, that was begun by vernon unsworth, the british diver, when he scorned elon musk‘s offer of a mini submarine to help rescue the thai soccer team that was stuck in the caves last summerand mr that was stuck in t
the man he vanquished in court, vernon unsworth, appeared a short while later looking quite ashen andmply said that he accepted the jury's verdict and he would have to take this on the chin, as he put it, and get back on with his life. his lawyers, i might add, we re his life. his lawyers, i might add, were more outspoken. they made the point that this verdict meant it was now open season, as point that this verdict meant it was now open season, as they put it, on social media, for people,...
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reporter: yeah, they are, but vernon unsworth still on the stand right now. they took a break but he's still going as we came to air, liz. he had his say this morning. he said he still thinks musk taking the tube as they call the mini sub they constructed was a p.r. stunt. now, he is being questioned by the defense attorneys. musk's attorneys, as we came to air this morning, they are basically trying to paint that, to quote the attorney, nothing that musk tweeted ever got in the way of honors or opportunity for unsworth to tell his side of the story. they did show a picture of unsworth standing beside theresa may, prime minister of great britain at that time, the uk, right outside ten downing street, and you know,also he got an award from one of the members of the royal family in thailand on behalf of the chamber of commerce. all of this happening after the tweets from elon musk. so trying to paint that picture, if you will, that it did not harm him, using unsworth's text, in fact, to show the diver told a friend that several camera crews, he had told them to
reporter: yeah, they are, but vernon unsworth still on the stand right now. they took a break but he's still going as we came to air, liz. he had his say this morning. he said he still thinks musk taking the tube as they call the mini sub they constructed was a p.r. stunt. now, he is being questioned by the defense attorneys. musk's attorneys, as we came to air this morning, they are basically trying to paint that, to quote the attorney, nothing that musk tweeted ever got in the way of honors...
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unsworth denies musk's accusation ises.'s ceo says i didn't meet ped fire, i just meant -- pedophile, i just meant creepy old man. the ceo is expected to testify on his own behalf and has since apologized for his comments. earlier this year musk was fined $20 million and tesla another $20 million by the securities and exchange commission after he tweeted about potentially taking tesla private at $420 per share. robert gray is outside the courtroom. robert, tell us what's happening there. any word on how large a penalty musk could face? >> reporter: hey, liz. no word exactly on what size the check may be, but the bar has been lowered by the judge in this case already in a preliminary hearing saying that unsworth is not a public person, so it's a lower threshold, if you will, to prove defamation of character here. obviously, this could be a litmus test whether this insults over media becomes more along the lines of published comments, if you will. most of the morning spent choosing jury selection, the proceedings began a coup
unsworth denies musk's accusation ises.'s ceo says i didn't meet ped fire, i just meant -- pedophile, i just meant creepy old man. the ceo is expected to testify on his own behalf and has since apologized for his comments. earlier this year musk was fined $20 million and tesla another $20 million by the securities and exchange commission after he tweeted about potentially taking tesla private at $420 per share. robert gray is outside the courtroom. robert, tell us what's happening there. any...
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with 0 evidence that he was a child molester unsworth later sued musk's judgment has been questioned often must came under scrutiny by regulators when he tweeted in august 28th enough that he had secured funding to take tesla his money losing heavily indebted electric car company private with he later implied backing from the saudis. there was no deal and musk was charged with fraud and about you are you ready to not only ok to mediate a settlement reached with regulators required him to resign as tesla's chairman and pay a 20000000 dollars fine another incident that shook investors occurred in september 28th when musk went on a live podcast and smoked some marijuana offered to him by the show's host federal law still designates cannabis as an illegal narcotic. and musk's pot for pot put his company space x. contracts with nasa in jeopardy. last month with wild with the ad fanfare musk unveiled an electric pickup truck the so-called cyber truck the vehicles designed was widely mocked is appearing like something out of a teenager's video game to make matters worse most boasted that th
with 0 evidence that he was a child molester unsworth later sued musk's judgment has been questioned often must came under scrutiny by regulators when he tweeted in august 28th enough that he had secured funding to take tesla his money losing heavily indebted electric car company private with he later implied backing from the saudis. there was no deal and musk was charged with fraud and about you are you ready to not only ok to mediate a settlement reached with regulators required him to resign...
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his lawyers have said that vernon unsworth is simply seeking money that this is a. money grab in their words and that the truth will come out for his part musk's lawyers have said that. for his part excuse me vernon unsworth lawyers 'd have said that musk is a dick divin finn skinned billionaire who's obsessed with his public relations image so they're asking for $75000.00 which seems like a pretty nominal amount to demand in damages from a band lost who is reputedly worth 24000000000 dollars but that's where things stand today all right thank you for that rob reynolds of course we'll check in with you later to find out whether or not a non mosque showed up in court today there in los angeles thank you for the moment rob now extreme weather and an economic crisis have left nearly half of zimbabwe's population facing severe hunger the u.n. is warning that the country is on the brink of starvation with women and children the hardest hit now expanding to more than double the number of people it helps as many as 7000000 are in need of aid the situation is only expected
his lawyers have said that vernon unsworth is simply seeking money that this is a. money grab in their words and that the truth will come out for his part musk's lawyers have said that. for his part excuse me vernon unsworth lawyers 'd have said that musk is a dick divin finn skinned billionaire who's obsessed with his public relations image so they're asking for $75000.00 which seems like a pretty nominal amount to demand in damages from a band lost who is reputedly worth 24000000000 dollars...
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the man he vanquished, vernon unsworth, looked ashen as he took to the steps.said he accepted the jury's verdict and he would have to take it on the chin and get on with rebuilding his life. his lawyers were more outspoken and one made the point it is now open season as far as social media is concerned when it comes to insulting someone. elon musk had been referred to as a "billionaire bully", someone who had dropped a nuclear bomb into vernon unsworth‘s life. the defence contended the "pedo guy" was an insult and not intended as an accusation. their contention being there was never an intention on the part of elon musk to suggest vernon unsworth was in fact a paedophile. let's get some of the day's other news: american musician r kelly has been charged with bribing a government official so that he could marry an under—age girl in 1994. the girl is named only as jane doe in the documents, but has widely been identified by us media as singer, aaliyah. they got married when she was 15 and r kelly was 27. the certificate, leaked at the time, listed her age as 18.
the man he vanquished, vernon unsworth, looked ashen as he took to the steps.said he accepted the jury's verdict and he would have to take it on the chin and get on with rebuilding his life. his lawyers were more outspoken and one made the point it is now open season as far as social media is concerned when it comes to insulting someone. elon musk had been referred to as a "billionaire bully", someone who had dropped a nuclear bomb into vernon unsworth‘s life. the defence contended...
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vernon unsworth is suing the tesla founderfor defamation.ery hurtful". 0ur correspondent david willis is outside the courthouse in los angeles for us. david, just outline how this trial is going at the moment. it is the third day of the trial, and vernon unsworth has been cross—examined this morning. he gave evidence yesterday and said that tweet from elon musk, which referred to him as a paedophile, was humiliating, dirty, and shameless, and he was left feeling ashamed after it. they are trying, the elon musk defence team, to chip away at statements by unsworth that his repetition has been harmed by all this, and it is likely to continue for quite some time because it was slow moving this morning, but we still have to hear evidence from vernon unsworth's ex—wife and some other expert witnesses. so it is unlikely we will get closing statements today. but once we do, this will go to the jury to decide. and am i right thinking that elon musk appeared on the first day? he did indeed, and he said that in his defence, this tweet was not to be, as
vernon unsworth is suing the tesla founderfor defamation.ery hurtful". 0ur correspondent david willis is outside the courthouse in los angeles for us. david, just outline how this trial is going at the moment. it is the third day of the trial, and vernon unsworth has been cross—examined this morning. he gave evidence yesterday and said that tweet from elon musk, which referred to him as a paedophile, was humiliating, dirty, and shameless, and he was left feeling ashamed after it. they...
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mr unsworth's lawyer has given his reaction.nal only that you can make any
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vernon unsworth, you can see him here in the yellow shirt, was a rescue diver. he's now the plaintiff in this case. he was leading an effort to bring the boys out of the cave and in an interview called musk's submarine offer a pr stunt and said this. listen here. >> stick his submarine where it hurts. >> musk responded to that comment on twitter calling unsworth quote a pedo guy, hence the defamation suit. on the witness stand today, musk viewed his tweet was simply an off the cuff response to unsworth. musk saying, quote, he was rude and insulting so i insulted him back. it was regrettable. he also said of the exchange of insults quote i assumed he literally didn't mean that and i literally didn't mean he was a pedophile. musk said he was simply defending his work saying of unsworth's reaction to the submarine quote it denigrated the efforts of my team. there were a lot of people who workday and night to be helpful. the trial, liz, could wrap up by the end of this week. another little nugget we learned today from musk by the way, liz, he was asked what is his n
vernon unsworth, you can see him here in the yellow shirt, was a rescue diver. he's now the plaintiff in this case. he was leading an effort to bring the boys out of the cave and in an interview called musk's submarine offer a pr stunt and said this. listen here. >> stick his submarine where it hurts. >> musk responded to that comment on twitter calling unsworth quote a pedo guy, hence the defamation suit. on the witness stand today, musk viewed his tweet was simply an off the cuff...
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musk guilty of defaming byrne and unsworth?s closing arguments argued for a total of $190 million in punitive damages coupled with the fallout from a nuclear bomb that nuclear bomb being the tweets from mr. musk that painted unsworth as a pedophile and they are saying the fallout could be felt by him and his family for years to come. musk attorney arguing it was basically the argument between two people and carried out very publicly obviously exchanging insults and he went on to say unsworth claiming quote, he had been horribly damaged and asked to pay me off the money so painting him as a gold digger while unsworth lawyer had painted musk as a liar and a billionaire bully. going back to musk's financial situation sometimes, connell, during the final arguments there and we should say the last from musk's attorney saying they should that mr. unsworth should continue to receive recognition for the play he rolled in rescuing the soccer players but that he should stop monetizing the kids in the cave and stop monetizing lawsuits. ri
musk guilty of defaming byrne and unsworth?s closing arguments argued for a total of $190 million in punitive damages coupled with the fallout from a nuclear bomb that nuclear bomb being the tweets from mr. musk that painted unsworth as a pedophile and they are saying the fallout could be felt by him and his family for years to come. musk attorney arguing it was basically the argument between two people and carried out very publicly obviously exchanging insults and he went on to say unsworth...
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said the sub was useless and musk was pulling a publicity stunt that's when musk called unsworth petto guy on twitter implying with 0 evidence that he was a child molester unsworth later sued musk's judgment has been questioned often must came under scrutiny by regulators when he tweeted in august 28th that he had secured funding to take tesla he's money losing heavily indebted electric car company private with he later implied backing from the saudis there was no deal and musk was charged with fraud and abuse on you tube you did not only ok during a settlement reached with regulators required him to resign as tesla's chairman and pay a $20000000.00 fine another incident that shook investors occurred in september 28th ened when musk went on a live podcast and smoked some marijuana offered to him by the show's host federal law still designates cannabis as an illegal narcotic. and musk's pot for pot put his company space x. contracts with nasa in jeopardy. last month with wild with the ad fanfare must unveiled an electric pickup truck the so-called cyber truck the vehicles designed was w
said the sub was useless and musk was pulling a publicity stunt that's when musk called unsworth petto guy on twitter implying with 0 evidence that he was a child molester unsworth later sued musk's judgment has been questioned often must came under scrutiny by regulators when he tweeted in august 28th that he had secured funding to take tesla he's money losing heavily indebted electric car company private with he later implied backing from the saudis there was no deal and musk was charged with...
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as a paedo guy and worth says he understood that to be being labeled a paedophile unsworth was part of an os operation to rescue 12 boys trapped in a cave in thailand last year musk posted the tweet after unsworth rejected his offer of a submarine to help search for the boys tens of thousands of people around the world rallied against climate change after a call by a teenage activist grettir from work she led a protest march an address where the un climate change conference is being held become the global face of public anger over environmental destruction. the gulf of maine on the united states east coast is warming false to the rest of the world's oceans and the hall $5000000000.00 local fishing industry is struggling to adapt to the loss of some species like shrimp christensen only reports from cold clyde in maine. just in libya is what's known as a ground fisherman just like his father before him but in his home base in port clyde maine he could be one of a dying breed declining fish stocks and tougher regulations are making it harder for ground fishermen to make a living tradit
as a paedo guy and worth says he understood that to be being labeled a paedophile unsworth was part of an os operation to rescue 12 boys trapped in a cave in thailand last year musk posted the tweet after unsworth rejected his offer of a submarine to help search for the boys tens of thousands of people around the world rallied against climate change after a call by a teenage activist grettir from work she led a protest march an address where the un climate change conference is being held become...
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as a paedo guy unsworth was part of an operation to rescue 12 boys trapped in a cave in thailand last year must post to the tweet up the un's worth rejected his offer of a submarine to help search for the boy's unsworth wanted 190000000 dollars in damages for all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com. stuff a quick check of the headlines here at al-jazeera a shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida has left 4 people dead including the gunman authorities say the suspect was a saudi national who was receiving training there president trump says the saudi king called him to offer his condolences thinking's said that the story people are greatly angered by what america actions and the shooter and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the saudi people who love the american people so much so there was just given to me by the king of saudi arabia and i can tell you it's a horrible thing that took place and we're getting to the bottom of it all of the investigators are there now and they're studying it very cl
as a paedo guy unsworth was part of an operation to rescue 12 boys trapped in a cave in thailand last year must post to the tweet up the un's worth rejected his offer of a submarine to help search for the boy's unsworth wanted 190000000 dollars in damages for all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com. stuff a quick check of the headlines here at al-jazeera a shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida has left 4 people dead including the gunman...
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he said unsworth claims basically, i've been horribly damaged. pay me lots of money.not be defamatory. >> trace: robert gray, thank you. you can now also snow ski year-round in new jersey. the first real snow in north america open in east rutherford. it's called the big snow. a group of olympians showed up for the grand opening yesterday including snowboarders kelly clark, and skiers lindsay vann and donna wayne brecht. if you have the gold medal said it was the first time ever skiing indoors. christine is hitting the slopes in new jersey. >> i haven't started yet. i think i have one commonality. this is my first time in an indoor -- this is the first one in north america. it's a cool 128 degrees. not that many people on the hill into just just opened up yesterday. it cost you 35 bucks and you have to obviously but bring your own equipment and the fact of, if you are a new jersey resident you've seen this structure up here for over 50 years. this chairlift behind me has been here for 15 years and the snow machine have been here for 15 years but they have finally opene
he said unsworth claims basically, i've been horribly damaged. pay me lots of money.not be defamatory. >> trace: robert gray, thank you. you can now also snow ski year-round in new jersey. the first real snow in north america open in east rutherford. it's called the big snow. a group of olympians showed up for the grand opening yesterday including snowboarders kelly clark, and skiers lindsay vann and donna wayne brecht. if you have the gold medal said it was the first time ever skiing...
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unsworth also on the opposite side did not apologize. he is there as well.decide this, when they do get it. perhaps as soon as this afternoon. the judge also saying that it should be a unanimous vote. the jury decides the payment if a guilty verdict is reached and interestingly, said they are not required to award any punitive damages and also, that they should not make it unduly large just because of musk's financial situation and resources, we know valued at $20 billion by himself on the stand the other day. back to you. neil: thank you very, very much, robert gray in los angeles, following that one very closely. >>> meantime, as we watch these markets in and out of highs on the day here, tensions are worsening. thousands arrested in protests in iran and europe and the u.s. are racheting up the pressure to get things to calm down. good luck on that. after this. most people think of verizon as a reliable phone company. but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business. (second m
unsworth also on the opposite side did not apologize. he is there as well.decide this, when they do get it. perhaps as soon as this afternoon. the judge also saying that it should be a unanimous vote. the jury decides the payment if a guilty verdict is reached and interestingly, said they are not required to award any punitive damages and also, that they should not make it unduly large just because of musk's financial situation and resources, we know valued at $20 billion by himself on the...
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fran unsworth, in the guardian about her week ago, said we need to reinforce social media rules.s viable to say take a step back. what do you make of this, penny? it is very difficult. the bbc is supposed to be straight down the centre, taking neither one side nor the other. it is very difficult. of course, twitter is one of those things that we have become extraordinarily used to using. and journalists use them to using. and journalists use them to put out something and say, if you have information, let me know. they have information, let me know. they have become a useful tool. have information, let me know. they have become a usefultool. but have information, let me know. they have become a useful tool. but not without its pitfalls. penny, the sunday telegraph. we are cantering through as time is tight but this is the new speaker of the commons, making a decree about big ben and its bungling? it can bung for brexit. the 50p piece, the last one was melted down. in october the 3ist, was melted down. in october the 31st, they were melted down, 1 million of them. now they will hav
fran unsworth, in the guardian about her week ago, said we need to reinforce social media rules.s viable to say take a step back. what do you make of this, penny? it is very difficult. the bbc is supposed to be straight down the centre, taking neither one side nor the other. it is very difficult. of course, twitter is one of those things that we have become extraordinarily used to using. and journalists use them to using. and journalists use them to put out something and say, if you have...
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the trial lasted four days mr unsworth was seeking almost £145 million against mr musk.and murder, of a 27—year—old woman. they'd been taken to the crime scene as part the police investigation, where they died. the officers involved have been treated as heroes and claim they were attacked by the suspects. critics however claim the killings amounted to an illegal execution. the commissioner of the london fire brigade, is to step down from her role, four months early. a man has appeared before magistrates charged with the murder of a 12—year—old boy who was killed in an alleged hit—and—run outside his school in essex. harley watson died in hospital, after a car struck a group of children who were leaving debden park high school in loughton on monday. terence glover, who's 51 and from loughton, is also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder and dangerous driving. a couple from berkshire have been awarded nearly £120,000 in damages, after a judge ruled their local authority had refused to allow them to adopt a child, on grounds of race. sandeep and reena mander from maid
the trial lasted four days mr unsworth was seeking almost £145 million against mr musk.and murder, of a 27—year—old woman. they'd been taken to the crime scene as part the police investigation, where they died. the officers involved have been treated as heroes and claim they were attacked by the suspects. critics however claim the killings amounted to an illegal execution. the commissioner of the london fire brigade, is to step down from her role, four months early. a man has appeared...
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he is alleged to have called british cave diver vernon unsworth a paedophile on twitter.g unspecified damages. mr musk denies the accusation. a bbc investigation has found that more than 93,000 people suspected of violent crimes and sexual offences have been released by police since 2017 without restrictions on their movements and who they can contact. the figures are based on nearly half the police forces in england and wales. the new arrangements were introduced after a series of high—profile cases — but one expert has told the bbc this is potentially a ‘major scandal brewing' — as bbc newsnight‘s james clayton reports. # all the kings horses and all the kings men # couldn't put humpty together again... she was just a character, she really was a joy. we are haunted, haunted by what happened to our girl. in september 2018 kay richardson told police her estranged husband had raped her. rather than him being bailed with strict conditions, the police released him under investigation with no conditions. that meant that they had to give him back the keys to the marital home,
he is alleged to have called british cave diver vernon unsworth a paedophile on twitter.g unspecified damages. mr musk denies the accusation. a bbc investigation has found that more than 93,000 people suspected of violent crimes and sexual offences have been released by police since 2017 without restrictions on their movements and who they can contact. the figures are based on nearly half the police forces in england and wales. the new arrangements were introduced after a series of...
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he's found not liable for defaming unsworth. >>> mike, let's go back to the starbucks trade that dan just outlined what do you think? >> i think this is the right way to play this there are times when selling puts makes sense when you see entry points you mind really attractive, when options points are elevated none of those things are really true here. if you're going to commit new capital to the market, you want to do that by buying stocks after they've had this kind of a run or do you want to take advantage of the fact that options are relatively cheap, get near side participation. participation to the up side if it continues to rally. if this proves to be the zeenith for stocks, you're risking a relatively small amount relative to going out and buying the stock here this is absolutely the right way to play it >>> for everything "options action" check out our website, optionsaction.cnbc.com while you're there, check out our newsletter in the meantime, here's what's coming up next >> shares of lululemon stretching higher this year. and our mike khouw and guy adami are teaming up to
he's found not liable for defaming unsworth. >>> mike, let's go back to the starbucks trade that dan just outlined what do you think? >> i think this is the right way to play this there are times when selling puts makes sense when you see entry points you mind really attractive, when options points are elevated none of those things are really true here. if you're going to commit new capital to the market, you want to do that by buying stocks after they've had this kind of a run...
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as vernon unsworth arrived at court in los angeles, his lawyer had this to say. it's not true.as called a pedo guy. distressed and ashamed at being labelled as such in what should have been one of the most proud moments of his life. elon musk was one of the first to be called. he referred to the comment that his offer to help was a pr stu nt, that his offer to help was a pr stunt, then responded. he said his deleted tweet was a joking, apologised for tweet. the stakes are much higher than mere damages, whoever is liable could have to pay legal costs. and it's notjust about money, it's about reputation. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: and the winner is — all of them. the four artists shortlisted for the turner prize declare themselves a collective, and the prestigious prize is shared between them. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles
as vernon unsworth arrived at court in los angeles, his lawyer had this to say. it's not true.as called a pedo guy. distressed and ashamed at being labelled as such in what should have been one of the most proud moments of his life. elon musk was one of the first to be called. he referred to the comment that his offer to help was a pr stu nt, that his offer to help was a pr stunt, then responded. he said his deleted tweet was a joking, apologised for tweet. the stakes are much higher than mere...
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he also sent an email to buzzfeed saying unsworth could be a child rapist.ble care before making those statements, before making that tweet to see if it was true the judge told them to cut the repate and when musk was asked by his own attorney about his childhood in africa, he paused a long time and said in a very emotional voice, it wasn't good. musk was not here for jury selection, he was not here for opening statements, he only took the stand when called as a witness. given that spacex is about to launch a rocket in the next hour, one can presume once he's done, he is out of here. >> jane, the investigator, the fact that he hired an investigator and sent an email that was technically off the record but still published by buzzfeed, how much of that will actually make its way into the courtroom. >> reporter: all of it right now. >> okay. >> reporter: the judge has made it clear the defamation claim is only on the tweets, but you can consider all this other stuff as to musk's state of mind. >> got it. is there any kind of -- would there be any kind of impact
he also sent an email to buzzfeed saying unsworth could be a child rapist.ble care before making those statements, before making that tweet to see if it was true the judge told them to cut the repate and when musk was asked by his own attorney about his childhood in africa, he paused a long time and said in a very emotional voice, it wasn't good. musk was not here for jury selection, he was not here for opening statements, he only took the stand when called as a witness. given that spacex is...
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unsworth que.that tweet in july 20 18 when unsworth was working on rescuing a group of boys who were stranded in the cave in time. offering to send a mini-submarine to help in the reue musk said during the trial that his tweet meant. what he was trying to say was at that he was a creepy old man. pedophile but he al apologized on worth during his testimony. chartig ng by liz off lizzo and and and got to meet. ♪ a cat cafe sounded better in myead. ♪ ♪ next time i'll go to jack, at least then i'll get fed. ♪ head to jack in the box and expeence the joy of missing outith my $5.99 white cheddar cheeseburger combo. ♪ only at jack in the box! ♪ ♪ nev wish i was at jack,d right their burgers are great. ♪ head to ck in the box and experience the joy of missing out with my ♪ nev wish i was at jack,d right their burgers are great. ♪ $5.99 itcheddar cheeseburger combo. ♪ only at jack in the box! ♪ ♪'cause no matter how far away for you roam.♪ys. ♪when you pine for the sunshine a friendly gaze.♪ ♪fothe holidays
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a man at the grocer meanwhile musk's lawyers have argued that his tweet about unsworth wasn't really meant to imply the diver is a sexual deviant just a creepy old man owns worth is seeking $75000.00 in damages robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles u.s. scientists have confirmed the existence of another strain of a child and they say it's good news as doctors and dentists from around the world meet in wanda where the help of one day eradicating. the reports. there this is the 1st newly declared strain of hiv in 1000 years it's not actually 8 new strain it was 1st discovered in some one in 1983 in the democratic republic of congo and then someone else in 1990 also in the d.l.c. but only now with the advance of genome sequencing techniques has a 3rd sample isolated in 2001 also in the d r c been definitively identified as the same variant of hiv as the other 2 samples and according to the rules once 3 independent samples of the same hiv variant are discovered a new strain can be announced discovering this new strain of hiv is really just the 1st step we've confirmed that it exists and we
a man at the grocer meanwhile musk's lawyers have argued that his tweet about unsworth wasn't really meant to imply the diver is a sexual deviant just a creepy old man owns worth is seeking $75000.00 in damages robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles u.s. scientists have confirmed the existence of another strain of a child and they say it's good news as doctors and dentists from around the world meet in wanda where the help of one day eradicating. the reports. there this is the 1st newly declared...
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a jury in los angeles rejected a bid for $190 million in damages by vernon unsworth — who helped rescueboys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand last year. saudi arabia's king has described the killings of three people at a us military base — carried out by a saudi gunman — as a "heinous crime". in a statement, king salman said his country was helping the investigation into the attack in the state of florida. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, and the opposition labour leader, jeremy corbyn, have taken part in the final televised debate of the general election campaign. there is less than a week to go before the uk goes to the polls. in ten minutes, newswatch — but first, it's time for click. this thursday, the general election will give more than 45 million people the chance to decide on the uk's future. is it the brexit election? is it the nhs election? is it an election that will show new divisions that no longer lie along party lines? we'll soon know. amidst all this there is the usual mudslinging towards candidates. but with social media now in the mix, a
a jury in los angeles rejected a bid for $190 million in damages by vernon unsworth — who helped rescueboys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand last year. saudi arabia's king has described the killings of three people at a us military base — carried out by a saudi gunman — as a "heinous crime". in a statement, king salman said his country was helping the investigation into the attack in the state of florida. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, and the...
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players, hence why we went down a pretty terrible time in terms of the temporary acquittance of david unsworthif you look now at what is next for everton, like bringing someone like david moyes back, for everton fans, thatis david moyes back, for everton fans, that is an acceptance that nothing has worked since he's gone. then effectively writes off the last 6—7 yea rs of effectively writes off the last 6—7 years of this suppose it progress of the club. it would be a massive moment of reflection and disappointment for ever tony ends. so as mark said there, sarah, potential disappointment for everton fans. they could find themselves going in full circle. thank you so much. let's round up some of the day's other stories now. and toxic smoke haze from bushfires has been affecting play and conditions at golf‘s australian open, with players saying their eyes were stinging and they were struggling to breathe. one golfer, ryan chisnall — who has asthma — had to wear a mask. england's paul casey is the highest—placed brit. he's tied for sixth on three under, three shots behind the leaders. sweden's ju
players, hence why we went down a pretty terrible time in terms of the temporary acquittance of david unsworthif you look now at what is next for everton, like bringing someone like david moyes back, for everton fans, thatis david moyes back, for everton fans, that is an acceptance that nothing has worked since he's gone. then effectively writes off the last 6—7 yea rs of effectively writes off the last 6—7 years of this suppose it progress of the club. it would be a massive moment of...