[sjtrny]

1) to scare off the lawyer and all future lawyers 2) to build a body of evidence against the lawyers claims

To me this is very confident. It's a big gamble coming out like this. Someone who wasn't confident would have just settled and kept it quiet.

[icelancer]

Completely agree. Musk and Tesla ruined this guy's frivolous complaint and did it publicly and with pure facts.

[munificent]

> 2) to build a body of evidence against the lawyers claims

Evidence is something you present in court, not on the web.

Tesla's side of the story is, of course, interesting and relevant, but it's not necessary for them to do a press release about it to fight the court case. The only people who need to see it for that are the judge and jury.

This is being done publicly, which means it's purely a PR move.

[crashandburn4]

I feel like a PR move is necessary given this[1]. In response to a case like that where a lot of people have seen what amounts to a smear campaign, I don't have a problem with with someone explaining their side (in my opinion) clearly and calmly, I'd even say it's required.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUaelOgVXLe-1a3PUpob3upQ&...

[EpicEng]

Of course it's a PR move, what else could it possibly be? PR is important, best to get out in front of a problem than be caught playing catch up.

[sjtrny]

Obviously it's a PR move. You can still use evidence in a press release to strengthen your future statements within that press release.