When Apple Engineer Water Huang got behind the wheel of a Tesla, he couldn’t have imagined the drive being his last. This new-age, revolutionary vehicle ended up taking his life in 2018. Tesla chalked it down to Hunag not following appropriate instructions. But the family is convinced the autopilot feature was buggy, and Elon Musk is responsible.
Another day of Elon Musk being taken down by his technology. The Walter Huang trial continues, with Musk’s legal team going through all possible ways to keep him out of this. Believe it or not, his lawyers used “deepfake” as a legal strategy. Any claims he made about Tesla’s safety features could have been digitally altered.
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Elon Musk To Face Trial For Walter Huang Lawsuit
The legal eagles at Tesla insist that Walter Huang is responsible for his death. They have pointed out the Apple engineer 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. There’s no accountability since the now Twitter CEO was most likely a victim of dangerous technology.
But Judge Pennypacker wasn’t convinced. She said, “Their position is that because Mr. Musk is famous and might be more of a target for deep fakes, his public statements are immune.” She cited this legal defense as “deeply disturbing,” ordering Musk to be interviewed in a three-hour deposition. The trial commences July 31, 2023.
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Previous Lawsuits Against Elon Musk
Elon Musk has a flair for trouble. He recently got in hot waters for illegally laying off contract workers without notice. Musk is also being sued for $258 million over his past Dogecoin tweets. His decisions for Twitter haven’t gone well, with some users looking to sue him for forcing the Blue Tick.
In the past, Elon Musk has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. In 2016, an attendant on a SpaceX flight accused the billionaire of exposing himself to her and asking for an inappropriate massage during the flight. This incident was settled two years later with a sum of $250,000.
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