In a one-week period this fall, Elon Musk was hit with three separate lawsuits. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued to compel him to testify about his acquisition of Twitter shares before he purchased the company. The lawsuit came a day after a Jewish man filed a defamation lawsuit alleging Musk had labeled him a neo-Nazi. And the day before that, the singer Grimes had sued the billionaire for the right to see their three children.
Getting hit by three unrelated lawsuits in one week is highly unusual for a CEO—unless that CEO is Musk. In his case, the trio of lawsuits are just a few of the dozens of legal claims that have piled up against Musk and his companies in recent years, and are a reflection of both the man and how he does business. (Musk did not respond to a request for comment sent via Tesla.)
