Elon Musk has requested a decide to maneuver an upcoming trial for a shareholder lawsuit in San Francisco, citing considerations that the jury could also be biased in opposition to him, as CNBC beforehand reported. In a submitting Friday, Musk is asking the decide to maneuver the trial to West Texas due to “native negativity” within the Bay Space surrounding Elon Musk and his companies, stopping a good trial.
“Latest native media protection created an atmosphere that inspired the district jury to be negatively biased in opposition to Mr. Musk’s use of Twitter,” the submitting mentioned. “Potential jurors who maintain unfavorable views of Mr. Musk’s use and relationship with Twitter typically because of this protection will be unable to separate that underlying bias from the info of this case and subsequently will be unable to impartially consider Musk’s conduct.”
The submitting alleges that Musk’s mass firings on Twitter “have already created substantial bias” in native juries.
It additionally claims that Musk and his San Francisco places of work are sometimes topic to protests which can be “inspired” by native politicians, additional cementing this “bias” and resulting in an unfair trial. If the decide decides to not transfer the trial to Texas, the place Tesla is predicated, Musk and his legal professionals are asking that the trial be delayed to let the “unfavorable emotions” surrounding Musk dissipate.