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Getty Images / Don Lemon / Elon Musk / XDon Lemon can proceed with his lawsuit to get his coins from Elon Musk and X, as he felt he was unfairly denied.
A San Francisco judge says that former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s lawsuit against the Tesla chief and the platform he allegedly no longer owns can proceed to trial.
Lemon hit both Musk and X with a lawsuit, alleging “breach of contract” after Elon Musk terminated his contract following an interview for Lemon’s show, which was to premiere on X but never saw the light of day.
Musk and his team unsuccessfully did push for the case to shift to a Texas court while asking the judge to strike the complaint.
In an order Tuesday, Judge Harold Kahn said Lemon and his attorneys plausibly alleged, among other claims, that X and Musk had committed “fraud by false promise” and that there was “an implied contract” between them.
Lemon filed the suit in August 2024 after X canceled a partnership with the broadcast journalist a few hours after he taped a tense interview with Musk, who owns X. The interview preceded a planned premiere of Lemon’s new show on Musk’s social network.
Elon Musk Was Big Mad After Don Lemon Pressed Him During An Interview
The interview in question saw Lemon press Musk on several topics, and the billionaire amplified on his personal account on X.
Musk, who is literally on a mission to impregnate as many women as he can, boosted the “great replacement theory” and pushed other racist tropes, including the falsehood that there was a “Hispanic invasion” happening in the United States.
Lemon also touched on moderation or the lack thereof on the platform in the wake of antisemitic posts increasing on X, following Phony Stark’s $44 billion acquisition of the company formerly known as Twitter.
In response to the interview, Musk allegedly got in contact with Lemon’s agent via text, writing “contract is canceled.”
We genuinely hope Lemon taps Musk’s wallet. We will continue to monitor this case as more details come out.
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