Elon Musk’s high-profile lawyer should be sanctioned for trying to sabotage the billionaire’s deposition in a Texas defamation case, the man suing Musk said Monday.
Alex Spiro engaged in “astonishingly unprofessional” behavior throughout the court-ordered deposition, Ben Brody said in a court filing.
Brody is suing Musk over a tweet that he says amplified a “false flag” conspiracy theory. Social media posts falsely identified Brody as an undercover federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi street brawler, and Musk helped spread those claims, according to the lawsuit.
Spiro obstructed Musk’s March 27 video deposition in the case by frequently interrupting questions ...
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