Tech billionaire Elon Musk (54) must arise for a civil law law on fraud and breach of contract. US federal judge Robert Pitman (63) gave a lawsuit on Wednesday in which Musk was accused of cheating voters with a competition before the presidential election.
A few weeks before the presidential election, Trump-supporter Musk had announced that it would be raffling up a million dollars every day by the election to sign a petition of his organization “America Pac” to support the US constitution.
The applicant Jacqueline McAfert had credibly argued that she had no real chance of winning one million dollars, it says in the court decision. Musk wanted to obtain a dismissal of the lawsuit before the court in Austin. He justified his request that it was not an illegal lottery. The recipients of the million sum were selected to “earn” the money. In addition, they were expected to appear as a spokesman for the committee, which refutes the idea of a pure “price”.
Expensive campaign aid for Trump
However, the judge rejected this. He referred to other statements by the defendant, in which the talk of the one million dollars could be “awarded” and the money could be “won”. There was initially no statement by Musk’s lawyers.
Musk-the world’s most wealthy man-financed Donald Trumps (79) presidential election campaign with more than $ 250 million and had become a confidante of the republican. After Trump’s election victory, both worked closely together for months, Until they publicly inflate.
The dispute on a tax and budgetary law driven by Trump had ignited against which Musk stood.