British caver in Thai rescue considers legal action after Elon Musk calls him a ‘pedo’ in bizarre Twitter attack
Diver Vernon Unsworth called Musk’s offer of a mini-sub a publicity stunt, and said the billionaire could ‘stick his submarine where it hurts’
A British caver who helped rescue 12 boys from a Thailand cave said on Monday he may take legal action against Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the entrepreneur called him a “pedo” on Twitter.
Musk has come under fire for launching the extraordinary attack on Vernon Unsworth without providing any justification or explanation, after the cave expert slammed his offer of a miniature submarine to extract the footballers from the Tham Luang cave as a “PR stunt”.
The boys and their football coach were rescued from the cave complex by an international team and after a week of intense drama.
Musk offered to assist the rescue mission by providing a submarine. The request was turned down. Musk lashed out on Sunday, saying he would make a video proving that his “mini-sub” would have been successful and adding: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it”.
No evidence has emerged to substantiate Musk’s claim of paedophilia.
“It just had absolutely no chance of working,” Unsworth said. “He had no conception of what the cave passage was like. The submarine, I believe, was about 5ft 6in long, rigid, so it wouldn’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles.”