Elon Musk has suffered the worst streak of courtroom losses in a career punctuated by legal battles, showing the pitfalls of his aggressive litigation tactics and polarising public persona ahead of a showdown with Sam Altman and OpenAI later this month.
Since January, Musk has faced setbacks in cases about OpenAI allegedly stealing secrets from his xAI start-up, advertisers’ boycott of X and two suits about his 2022 takeover of the social media group, then called Twitter, including a fraud verdict that could cost him billions of dollars.
The billionaire’s legal team has responded by complaining about “bias” against the world’s richest man. They have objected to a Delaware judge “liking” a LinkedIn post critical of Musk and challenged the Twitter verdict over what they called a “bizarre and highly questionable” joke involving the marijuana reference “4.20” in a jury document.
As he prepares for the trial against OpenAI later this month in Oakland, California, in which Musk claims the AI start-up sold out its charitable purpose, the seemingly endless courtroom battles have exposed Musk to embarrassing questions and irked his own staff.
Source: Elon Musk hits legal losing streak ahead of showdown with OpenAI’s Sam Altman