In A New Email, Elon Musk Accused A Thai Cave Rescuer Of Being A “Child Rapist” And Said He “Hopes” There's A Lawsuit

[Time Traveller]

14 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Are you aware that Musk stated the reason was because they were all pedophiles and do you agree with his statement ?

Musk didn't state that. But I'd say that a high % of those sexpats are likely to be. 

In anycase, you have to seriously ask why he hasn't sued Musk yet, if his background is so clean?  Hoping for a payoff without any court scrutiny, perhaps? 

Having a lawyer send a threatening letter, is an indication you have no leg to stand on in a court of law.

 

Edited September 5, 2018 by Time Traveller

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, Time Traveller said:

Musk didn't state that. But I'd say that a high % of those sexpats are likely to be. 

In anycase, you have to seriously ask why he hasn't sued Musk yet, if his background is so clean?  Hoping for a payoff without any court scrutiny, perhaps? 

 

Musk did state that and Vern has begun the legal process to sue him

[Time Traveller]

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

Musk did state that and Vern has begun the legal process to sue him

What's the exact quote?

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, Time Traveller said:

What's the exact quote?

Go find it yourself , if you havent been following the story

[SometimeTourist]

Trouble for Vern and for many visitors to Thailand, particularly if you've visited Pattaya.

 

Imagine having to answer honestly every question some top flight lawyer paid to defend Musk would ask of you.

 

It might go something like this with any bloke who's been to Pattaya:

 

Have you been to Pattaya?

answer: Yes

Are you aware that Pattaya is considered by some as a place where sex occurs between tourists and locals?

answer: Yes

Are you aware of reports that there have been many underage escorts found in bars and clubs in Pattaya?

answer: Yes

Have you been to bars and clubs in Pattaya?

 

and so it rolls on, and I can very honestly say, I'd hate to be put on the stand to answer. Even knowing you'd done nothing "wrong", the process is designed to destroy you.

[Time Traveller]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

Go find it yourself , if you havent been following the story

That's why I asked what was the quote....

Musk didn't say what you are saying he did.

[swanny321]

17 hours ago, irishken said:

Whether true or not, somebody in Thailand is feeding him these stories. 

He seems to know a bit about Vern. 

  Which begs the question: 'Is it LEGAL to collect information on a

private citizen?' 

[transam]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-launches-profanity-laden-072200451.html

[huberthammer]

13 hours ago, digger70 said:

Hang on for a min now,,,,, It should be Easy to find out  If what Musk Said is True on Not .One could Easily Check in CM At the time this was suppose to happen,,,,, There's No Smoke Without a Fire they say ,,,,

Elon is a lunatic space cadette (guess that makes him perfectly suited for his space ventures).  Looking at his behaviours and comments on business and non-business related matters makes it look like he thinks he stands above everybody and has a right to just voice anything that goes through his mind. 

 

What sane business man would engage into such a stupid mud fight, I would think he has more challenging and profitable battles than to comment on anybody who has nothing to do with him or his businesses.  My bet is on him blowing up sooner or later.

[OneMoreFarang]

13 hours ago, balo said:

One more word from Musk and I will sue him myself. He is putting all of us who choose to live in Thailand in a bad spotlight. 

Does he think Thailand, a country with 60 million people,  is only about sex tourism ?

 

Then why did he come here in the first place with his idiotic capsule and showed his ugly face in the caves where all the heroes were? 

 

He can never be a hero , a genius they say , but half of his brain does not seem to work . 

 

 

Good point. Probably Musk wanted to look at lots of young boys and he brought a mini-sub to have a good excuse for his trip.

[tifino]

 

 

I think it'll be more exciting, just to watch the Tesla Shares graph on the ASX

 

 

there just might be some Diving involved...

Edited September 6, 2018 by tifino

[shackleton]

Looks like Vern is going to make some big bucks from Elon Musk for being called a Pedophile

Surprised the Thai Tourist Board  have not come out saying No Pedophiles in Thailand 

same as no prostitutes 

[Burma Bill]

Send MUSK into space - FOREVER

[OneMoreFarang]

44 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Send MUSK into space - FOREVER

You shall not pollute the universe!

[GroveHillWanderer]

9 hours ago, Time Traveller said:

Agree with Musk, that there's only one reason white men move to live in Pattaya. 

As much as the all the vested interests, embarrassed Thais and sexpats want to protest and say otherwise. 

 

That's an absolutely ridiculous claim. I know a number of white males who moved (with their wives and in some cases, children) to live in Pattaya because of the availability of good quality housing at a reasonable price, access to golf courses, shopping, schools, easy accessibility to/from Bangkok, (and its airports) etc.

[Odysseus123]

"Rosebud"

[Sheryl]

Hang on for a min now,,,,, It should be Easy to find out  If what Musk Said is True on Not .One could Easily Check in CM At the time this was suppose to happen,,,,, There's No Smoke Without a Fire they say ,,,,

BuzzFeed did check.

No marriage. Live in Thai GF of 7 years aged 40


Sent from my SM-J701F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[sanemax]

15 hours ago, SometimeTourist said:

Trouble for Vern and for many visitors to Thailand, particularly if you've visited Pattaya.

 

Imagine having to answer honestly every question some top flight lawyer paid to defend Musk would ask of you.

It might go something like this with any bloke who's been to Pattaya:

Have you been to Pattaya?

answer: Yes

Are you aware that Pattaya is considered by some as a place where sex occurs between tourists and locals?

answer: Yes

Are you aware of reports that there have been many underage escorts found in bars and clubs in Pattaya?

answer: Yes

Have you been to bars and clubs in Pattaya?

and so it rolls on, and I can very honestly say, I'd hate to be put on the stand to answer. Even knowing you'd done nothing "wrong", the process is designed to destroy you.

Vern has stated that he has never been to Pattaya , so, the first answer would be "No"

[kkerry]

If anything Musk has said is even close to the truth, surely a newspaper like the Daily Mail would by now have found a story to publish from at least one of the dozens of foreign reporters recently in Thailand.

 

A rich guy like Musk can afford to run this through the courts using his legal team to make all sorts of accusations under questioning. Doesn't matter if you have done nothing wrong, good lawyers can make you look bad regardless.

Edited September 6, 2018 by kkerry

[persimmon]

For someone with billions of $ such as Musk,it would be easy to hire a few Thai kids to stand up in court and claim they were molested .

[MAGA]

This article was written by Huff Post. They are widely know for deliberately publishing misinformation to get people to read their garbage. They sell sensationalism to get attention. They never let facts interfere with their stories.

[lamyai3]

21 hours ago, Time Traveller said:

Musk didn't state that. But I'd say that a high % of those sexpats are likely to be. 

This kind of uninformed garbage is precisely why he's being sued. Musk's latest diatribe is deeply insulting not just to Unsworth, but to all male expats and tourists, as well defaming the reputation of Thailand. He seems to have completely lost the plot. 

[GroveHillWanderer]

13 hours ago, MAGA said:

This article was written by Huff Post. They are widely know for deliberately publishing misinformation to get people to read their garbage. They sell sensationalism to get attention. They never let facts interfere with their stories.

No it wasn't - the original article (and the email conversation it was based on) came from Buzzfeed News. The original Buzzfeed organisation did share a co-founder with the Huffington Post but they are separate organisations.

 

Buzzfeed News has a staff of 20 investigative journalists, has won a number of press awards and is generally regarded as a reputable news organisation.

 

In this case, where they are quoting word for word from Musk's emails and have reproduced them in full in their article, I don't see how you can accuse them of publishing misinformation.