Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying he spoke in anger but was wrong to do so.
There was no immediate public reaction from diver Vern Unsworth to Musk91裸聊视频檚 latest tweets .
Musk91裸聊视频檚 initial tweet calling Unsworth a 91裸聊视频減edo91裸聊视频� was a response to a TV interview Unsworth gave. In it, he said Musk and SpaceX engineers orchestrated a 91裸聊视频淧R stunt91裸聊视频� by sending a small submarine to help divers rescue the 12 Thai soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave. Unsworth said the submarine, which wasn91裸聊视频檛 used, wouldn91裸聊视频檛 have worked anyway.
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Musk91裸聊视频檚 Sunday tweet, later deleted, had sent investors away from Tesla stock, which fell nearly 3 per cent Monday but recovered 4.1 per cent on Tuesday. Unsworth told CNN earlier this week that he was considering legal action. He did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
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Musk has 22.3 million followers and his active social media presence has sometimes worked well for Tesla. The company has said in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it doesn91裸聊视频檛 need to advertise because it gets so much free media attention.
But straying away from defending his companies into personal insult brought Musk some unfavourable attention at a time when Tesla, worth more than $52 billion, is deep in debt and struggling for profitability.
In northern Thailand on Wednesday, the 12 Thai soccer players and their coach answered questions from journalists, their first meeting with the media since their rescues last week. Doctors said all are healthy.
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