Elon Musk, Tesla face trial in shareholder case over 2018 tweets
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Investors sued in August 2018, shortly after Elon Musk posted on Twitter that he was considering taking Tesla private at US$420 per share. "Funding secured," he said.
Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. are set to go to trial in San Francisco on Tuesday in a case where the company’s shareholders claim they were defrauded by Musk’s 2018 statement that funding was “secured” to take the electric car maker private.
The lawsuit seeks damages for shareholders who bought or sold Tesla stock in the days after Musk’s tweets on Aug. 7, 2018. The company’s shares shot higher and then fell again after Aug. 17, 2018, when the New York Times reported that funding for the take-private bid was “far from secure.”
The shareholders have not specified the damages, but said Musk’s tweets cost investors “billions.”
The defendants, who also include seven current and former Tesla directors, have denied wrongdoing.
Opening arguments could get under way later on Tuesday, after the jury is selected. Potential panelists were asked ahead of time about their opinions of Musk and whether they own a Tesla vehicle.
Musk had asked U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen to move the case to Texas, arguing too many potential jurors are biased against him because of negative local media coverage of layoffs at Twitter, which he took over in October.
The judge, who is overseeing the case, denied that bid last week.
Investors sued in August 2018, shortly after Musk posted on Twitter that he was considering taking Tesla private at US$420 per share. “Funding secured,” he said.
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