Musk’s Brother Said He Wasn’t Aware Elon Pushed SolarCity Deal

Kimbal Musk, a Tesla Inc. board member, told a Delaware judge he didn’t know his billionaire brother Elon Musk was pushing the company to quickly acquire SolarCity in 2016 and said he didn’t give much weight to concerns about the solar-power provider’s financial problems.

“I was unaware of my brother’s activities” surrounding the SolarCity deal, Kimbal Musk told Delaware Chancery Court Judge Joseph Slights III on Wednesday, a day after Tesla founder Elon Musk testified at a trial of a lawsuit filed by shareholders over the SolarCity deal.

Elon Musk arrives at court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 13.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg

Elon Musk told the judge Tuesday that he recused himself ...