[gbronner]

Musk apparently hired an 'investigator' who turned out to be a conman who came up with this tidbit.

He had no actual knowledge that the guy wasn't a child rapist, and he did use reasonable care to verify his "facts", so it wasn't willful defamation.

[purple_ducks]

> He had no actual knowledge that the guy wasn't a child rapist

What?! I can't even..

More importantly, he had no actual knowledge that the guy _was_ a child rapist

[foldr]

>and he did use reasonable care to verify his "facts"

No, he made the claim before he hired the investigator.

[DuskStar]

Which claim? The one with specifics like the age of his child bride? Or the "pedo guy" tweet?

[foldr]

Both, I believe.