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Jury Selected for Elon Musk’s Defamation Trial in L.A.

Jury Selected for Elon Musk’s Defamation Trial in L.A.

(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s defamation trial in Los Angeles is underway, with jury selection completed in about two hours.

The chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will have to defend calling a British caver a “pedo guy.” Musk is expected to take the stand in the trial, although it’s unclear when.

To contact the reporter on this story: Edvard Pettersson in Los Angeles at epettersson@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.net, Joe Schneider

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