Elon Musk on trial in U.S. for defamation over 'pedo guy' tweet

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk went on trial on Tuesday for alleged defamation in appearing to describe a British diver who helped rescue a group of boys from a flooded Thailand cave as a pedophile on Twitter.Jury selection began in a Los Angeles federal courtroom to decide whether Musk, whose Twitter habits have long been under a microscope, owes Vernon Unsworth punitive and other damages for harming his reputation by calling him "pedo guy." Unsworth sued Musk in September..