Elon Musk Slammed With Lawsuit Over Don Lemon's Scrapped, Controversial X Show

The conflict betwixt Don Lemon and Elon Musk is conscionable heating up.

On Thursday, Lemon officially revenge a suit against Musk complete a scrapped talk show that Lemon was expected to big connected X.

The suit, which was revenge successful San Francisco Superior Court, claims that Musk brought Lemon into nan woody "through mendacious promises and representations," and that Musk and his squad "deliberately misrepresented what they intended to do" aft Lemon had "incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars successful expenses" preparing for nan show.

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"This lawsuit is straightforward," Lemon's lawyer Carney Shegerian said successful a statement. "X executives utilized Don to prop up their advertizing income pitch, past canceled their business and dragged Don's sanction done nan mud. You don't person to beryllium a brilliant to spot nan fraud, negligence, and reputational harm here."

Lemon was group to host "The Don Lemon Show" connected X, which was announced successful January. The programme was scheduled to person 30-minute-long episodes connected nan level 3 times a week.

The premiere episode, a one-on-one question and reply pinch Musk and Lemon, broached topics of dislike speech, erstwhile President Donald Trump, and Musk's supplier use, which he has been unfastened astir utilizing ketamine for years. Still, Musk was combative and agitated, astatine times, during nan question and reply and refused to reply immoderate questions.

"Like immoderate enterprise, we reserve nan correct to make decisions astir our business partnerships, and aft observant consideration, X decided not to participate into a commercialized business pinch nan show," X confirmed aft Lemon had posted a statement revealing that nan show had been axed.

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In a leaked clip, Musk tin beryllium heard telling Lemon that nan "only reason" he was doing nan question and reply is because Lemon "asked for it," and it's connected Musk's platform.

Lemon is seeking an undefined magnitude of financial compensation and different relief.