Elon Musk Faces Defamation Lawsuit In Texas

A California man who claims he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified posts on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that falsely implicated the man in a confrontation involving far-right protesters has filed a defamation lawsuit against the billionaire.

Brody is seeking a jury trial in Austin, Texas, and unspecified damages of at least $1 million. I Photo: Elon Musk X

Benjamin Brody, 22, is being represented by Mark Bankston, a Texas attorney who won a defamation case last year against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a lawsuit brought by families of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting.

Brody is seeking a jury trial in Austin, Texas, and unspecified damages of at least $1 million.

In June, a video posted on X showed a confrontation involving protesters near a Pride festival in Oregon.

Some of those involved were wearing the same colors as the Proud Boys extremist group, according to The Oregonian.

On X, some users falsely identified one of the participants as Brody, highlighting his post-college plans to work for the government and spreading baseless assertions that federal agents were involved.

Musk characterized the confrontation as a "probable false flag situation."

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