22-Year-Old Suing Musk for Defamation Comes for His Lawyer
A recent college graduate suing Elon Musk for defamation is now taking on Musk’s celebrity attorney, Alex Spiro. In a motion for sanctions filed Monday, Benjamin Brody accuses Spiro of representing Musk in Texas without credentials in the state and behaving in an “astonishingly unprofessional” manner during a deposition in March.
“He continually interrupted the deposition with commentary, gave numerous improper instructions not to answer, berated opposing counsel, insulted Plaintiff’s claims, mocked counsel’s questions, and generally acted in the most obnoxious manner one could contemplate without crossing into parody,” the motion, filed in Texas district court, alleges.
The filing claims that Spiro repeatedly interjected during the questioning, called the case “stupid,” and jeeringly told the plaintiff’s counsel, “I know this is your big day in the sun. You're running out of time.”