Elon Musk threatens to sue over Gibney documentary's "space lasers" claim
Elon Musk's legal team is threatening a defamation lawsuit against filmmaker Alex Gibney over an upcoming documentary that suggests Musk's 'space lasers' comment referred to election interference. Musk's lawyers argue the film promotes a debunked conspiracy theory, clarifying that the comment referred to Starlink satellite technology.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights the intersection of celebrity, political misinformation, and the legal challenges surrounding documentary filmmaking.
Elon Musk has in recent days been targeting his ire at filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose forthcoming documentary, Musk , offers a scathing look at the tech mogul's rise. Now, a lawyer for Musk is threatening to file a defamation lawsuit ahead of the film's release next month.
In a letter sent to Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, the company behind the film, Musk attorney Alex Spiro homes in on an exchange between Gibney and Ashley St. Clair, a former MAGA influencer who dated Musk and had a child with the billionaire.
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