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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
(Score: 3, Informative) by G-forze on Friday August 03 2018, @09:51AM (3 children)
Not necessarily the oil and/or car industry, but short sellers willing to do anything not to lose their huge bet on Tesla failing.
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/elon-musk-vs-short-sellers.118431/ [teslamotorsclub.com]
If I run into the term "SJW", I stop reading.
(Score: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Friday August 03 2018, @02:55PM
Thanks this is such an interesting read.
Dafuq - that doesn't seem right.
I'm still chewing through this but there are some really compelling arguments in here for short sellers trying to murder Tesla.
Thank you for the link.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 03 2018, @06:09PM
Not necessarily the oil and/or car industry, but short sellers willing to do anything not to lose their huge bet on Tesla failing.
When the last problems at Tesla story came out I did a pretty deep dive into the allegations. While I was digging around I found some pretty compelling evidence that the auto union down there is also making some noise about Tesla in a bid to represent that plant.
That's not necessarily a bad thing. But, they are an additional motivated and vocal party to this whole mess that you do need to take with a grain of salt sometimes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @07:22PM
I have no position on TSLA. But why don't they fund long-term projects with long-term debt, instead of convertible bonds that they have to constantly roll over? Jeez. First they play a confidence game and then they complain when pros move in who try to tear them down.