The battle between Don Lemon and Elon Musk is simply heating up.
On Thursday, Lemon formally filed a lawsuit in opposition to Musk over a scrapped speak present that Lemon was imagined to host on X.
The go well with, which was filed in San Francisco Superior Court docket, claims that Musk introduced Lemon into the deal “via false guarantees and representations,” and that Musk and his staff “intentionally misrepresented what they supposed to do” after Lemon had “incurred tons of of 1000’s of {dollars} in bills” making ready for the present.
Associated: Don Lemon Says Elon Musk Canceled His New Discuss Present After Controversial Interview
“This case is simple,” Lemon’s lawyer Carney Shegerian mentioned in a assertion. “X executives used Don to prop up their promoting gross sales pitch, then canceled their partnership and dragged Don’s title via the mud. You do not have to be a genius to see the fraud, negligence, and reputational injury right here.”
Lemon was set to host “The Don Lemon Present” on X, which was introduced in January. This system was scheduled to have 30-minute-long episodes on the platform 3 times every week.
The premiere episode, a one-on-one interview with Musk and Lemon, broached matters of hate speech, former President Donald Trump, and Musk’s drug use, which he has been open about utilizing ketamine for years. Nonetheless, Musk was combative and agitated, at instances, through the interview and refused to reply some questions.
“Like every enterprise, we reserve the correct to make choices about our enterprise partnerships, and after cautious consideration, X determined to not enter right into a industrial partnership with the present,” X confirmed after Lemon had posted a assertion revealing that the present had been axed.
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In a leaked clip, Musk may be heard telling Lemon that the “solely motive” he was doing the interview is as a result of Lemon “requested for it,” and it is on Musk’s platform.
Lemon is in search of an undefined quantity of monetary compensation and different reduction.
