{"id":246331,"date":"2024-11-06T00:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T00:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/06\/elon-musk-is-sued-over-1m-election-giveaway\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T00:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T00:22:58","slug":"elon-musk-is-sued-over-1m-election-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/06\/elon-musk-is-sued-over-1m-election-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk is sued over $1m election giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p>Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS\/Gonzalo Fuentes\/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights\n\n<\/p><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk\u00a0was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters who signed his petition to support the Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway, and now claim it was a fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaint filed by Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty in the Austin, Texas federal court said Musk and his America PAC organization falsely induced voters to sign by claiming they would choose winners randomly, though they were predetermined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also said the defendants profited from the giveaway by driving traffic and attention to Musk\u2019s X social media platform, and by collecting personal information such as her name, address and phone number that they could sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lawyer for Musk and lawyers for McAferty did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McAferty sued one day after a Philadelphia judge [USN: L1N3M90AX TEXT:\u201cdenied a request\u201d] by that city\u2019s district attorney Larry Krasner to end the giveaway, which Krasner called an illegal lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That ruling was largely symbolic because Musk has no plans to give out more money following the\u00a0U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world\u2019s richest person opened the giveaway to voters in seven battleground states who signed a petition to support free speech and gun rights. Tuesday\u2019s lawsuit seeks at least $5 million in damages for everyone who signed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk is a Texas resident and his electric car company Tesla\u00a0(TSLA.O), opens new tab\u00a0is based in Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has supported Republican\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0in the presidential race against Democratic Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case is McAferty v Musk et al, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, No. 24-01346.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. 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