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Former Tesla Employee's Lawyer Claims His Client Was Effectively "SWATted"

posted by martyb on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the GigaGate dept.

takyon writes:

Tesla whistleblower's lawyer: My client may have been effectively swatted

A lawyer representing Martin Tripp has released a 10-page police report that he says raises new questions concerning a purported June 20 shooting threat to the Tesla Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, where the technician worked until he was fired on June 15. The document was first reported by Bloomberg. A month ago, Tesla sued Tripp for alleged trade secrets violations, and he has recently countersued, claiming that he has been defamed.

The report shows that a call expressing vague concern over what Tripp apparently might do was somehow translated to law enforcement as a direct violent attack against the Nevada facility.

"How did it go from the call center to a very serious terrorist threat?" Stuart Meissner, one of Tripp's attorneys, told Ars late Wednesday evening. "I think that's a question that Tesla is going to have to answer in this litigation," Will Fischbach, another one of Tripp's lawyers, told Ars. Meissner, who obtained the report from the Storey County Sheriff's Office under a state public records request, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that Tripp may have even been set up.

I present the "GigaGate" Police Reports Re the Tesla Giga Factory Terrorist Threat Incident & what may turn out to B the "SWATing" of our client.
We have asked to reopen the investigation as to the source of the reported "threat." Judge for yourself https://t.co/SYKpcQfjcl

Previously: Musk Alleges Tesla Model 3 Production Has Been Sabotaged, According To CNBC
Tesla Sues Former Employee it Accuses of Sabotage

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by FatPhil on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:27PM (5 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:27PM (#716487) Homepage
    one sues the other, the other sues back. We're guaranteed a perfectly unbiassed view by which side of this argument?
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:49PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:49PM (#716496)

    No no no... This is one sues the other, the other sends a SWAT team to his home in hopes he'd be shot dead.

    I think we're living through 80s and 90s dystopian scify action films. Only, there's no cool tech or drugs so there's nothing *opian about it.