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

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: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Friday August 03 2018, @05:04PM (2 children)

    by Knowledge Troll (5948) on Friday August 03 2018, @05:04PM (#716800) Homepage Journal

    Are you thinking he should go for a passive or active strategy for dealing with the threats?

    I wonder if McCaffee wrote a book or even a howto on solving problems with people you don't like in Belize.

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  • (Score: 2) by DavePolaschek on Saturday August 04 2018, @11:30PM (1 child)

    by DavePolaschek (6129) on Saturday August 04 2018, @11:30PM (#717359) Homepage Journal

    Can’t decide, but it’d be a real hoot if he tried to out-weird McAfee.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Knowledge Troll on Sunday August 05 2018, @02:55AM

      by Knowledge Troll (5948) on Sunday August 05 2018, @02:55AM (#717412) Homepage Journal

      The biggest lesson I got from the McCafffee documentary I saw is: if a documentarian contacts you and you respond by saying she will never interview you, she is dumb and you are smarter than her and she'll never win then she'll just pay your ex-gfs to say that you never wanted to ever have sex with them instead you just wanted them to shit in your mouth through a hole in a hammock.