WRITTEN BY SHAURYA THAKUR
Elon Musk's legal team insisted on "deepfake" being the legal strategy to get the billionaire out of the lawsuit filed by Walter Huang's family.
Apple engineer Walter Huang died in 2018 after crashing his Tesla X into a highway.
Elon Musk's legal team has pointed out that Walter was playing video games at the time of the accident, despite multiple warnings from the Autopilot feature.
But Walter Huang's family is fighting these claims, pointing fingers at Elon Musk for faulty Autopilot.
At a 2016 conference, Elon Musk sang praises of the Autopilot feature, saying it "can drive autonomously with greater safety than a person. Right now."
His legal team argued since they don't have the event documented, it could have easily been "deepfaked," therefore exempting Musk from deposition.
Judge Pennypacker cited this legal defence as "deeply disturbing," ordering Musk to be interviewed in a three-hour deposition. The trial commences July 31, 2023.
Elon Musk's legal troubles continue to mount. He recently got in trouble illegally laying off contract workers without notice and is being sued for $258 million over his past Dogecoin tweets.