Watching Elon Musk navigate his public life is like watching a trainwreck – you just can’t look away…

Fresh off a Twitter dispute over a farting unicorn, he called a British diver a ‘pedo’ after said diver helped rescue 13 people trapped in a cave in Thailand.

Then, he apologised for being an asshat under threat of legal action.

You would think that he would learn from his mistakes, but apparently, no amount of genius can overcome pure pigheadedness, because he was back on Twitter last week to double down on his baseless accusation that the aforementioned British diver is a paedophile.

In a recent interview with the New York Times, he admitted that some of his Twitter tirades might have something to do with taking Ambien.

If that’s true, then he’s been at the Ambien again, because he’s taking his vendetta against the British diver, Vernon Unsworth, even further with yet another baseless accusation of child rape, and wait for it…taking a 12-year-old child bride.

This time, he decided to give Twitter a miss and use good old email, reports The Guardian.

On Tuesday […] BuzzFeed published two new emails from Musk, in which he called a journalist who has written about the dispute a “fucking asshole” and he launched new extraordinary claims against Unsworth, without providing documentation to support the allegations.

Musk called Unsworth a “single white guy from England who’s been traveling to or living in Thailand for 30 to 40 years”, alleging that he had moved to Chiang Rai “for a child bride who was about 12 years old at the time”. He asserted that the city was “renowned for child sex-trafficking”.

And here’s the email:

Biased opinions about a country hardly count as evidence. Elon is clearly unhinged.

BuzzFeed reported that it had investigated the allegations and Unsworth’s background, but could not verify any of the claims and said that it was unclear where the allegations originated.

Unsworth, who said he was considering legal action after the original insults on Twitter, is now moving forward with a lawsuit, his lawyer said in an email to the Guardian on Tuesday: “Elon Musk’s campaign of publishing vile and false accusations against Mr Unsworth is inexcusable. Musk hopes to be sued and he deserves to be sued. He will be.”

Elon’s email came about in response to renewed threats of legal action from Unsworth:

“I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what’s actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you fucking asshole … As for this alleged threat of a lawsuit, which magically appeared when I raised the issue (nothing was sent or raised beforehand), I fucking hope he sues me.”

The lawsuit didn’t magically appear, Elon – that’s what happens when you defame someone.

Tesla and Musk continue to fight their negative public image, fuelled for the most part by Elon’s inability to control himself and his Ambien intake on social media. Earlier this year, Tesla’s credit rating was downgraded to negative after a significant shortfall in the Model 3 production rate.

Get some help buddy. This is getting ridiculous now.

[source:guardian]