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 talk show that Lemon was speculated to host on X.
The suit, 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 crew “intentionally misrepresented what they meant to do” after Lemon had “incurred a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} in bills” getting ready for the present.
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“This case is simple,” Lemon’s lawyer Carney Shegerian stated in a statement. “X executives used Don to prop up their promoting gross sales pitch, then canceled their partnership and dragged Don’s identify 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 thrice per week.
The premiere episode, a one-on-one interview with Musk and Lemon, broached subjects 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, in the course of the interview and refused to reply some questions.
“Like several enterprise, we reserve the appropriate to make selections about our enterprise partnerships, and after cautious consideration, X determined to not enter right into a business partnership with the present,” X confirmed after Lemon had posted a statement revealing that the present had been axed.
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In a leaked clip, Musk might be heard telling Lemon that the “solely purpose” 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 economic compensation and different aid.