https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-mus...er-2019-10
EXCERPT: . . . Elon Musk in a tweet accused Unsworth of being a "pedo guy" in July 2018. [...] Last month, court filings revealed that Musk hired a private investigator to dig up Unsworth's past after the exchange of words between them. Musk alleged that an aide hired a man named James Howard of the investigation firm Jupiter Military & Tactical Systems, to look into Unsworth. Musk said it was Jared Birchall, the president of Musk's family office, who relayed information to him from Howard about Unsworth's alleged relationship with an underage girl, a claim that has not been substantiated.
L. Lin Wood, an attorney representing Unsworth, told Business Insider in September that Howard's alleged findings are false. Howard, whose real name is James Howard-Higgins, was actually a scammer who stole money from his business partners and was sentenced to three years in jail for fraud, BuzzFeed News reported on Thursday citing public records and interviews with the man's former associates.
Court documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News show that Howard-Higgins, who identified himself as the CEO of Jupiter Military & Tactical Systems, emailed Musk and offered to "dig deep" into Unsworth's past and was retained by Musk for $50,000. [Unsworth was supposedly seeking "only" $75,000 from Musk for damages to his reputation.]
According to BuzzFeed News, Musk and his team did not properly look into Howard-Higgins' own history before hiring him. [...] "With a prison record it ought to be difficult to continue in this same line of business. Sadly it appears not to be the case." (MORE - details)
EXCERPT: . . . Elon Musk in a tweet accused Unsworth of being a "pedo guy" in July 2018. [...] Last month, court filings revealed that Musk hired a private investigator to dig up Unsworth's past after the exchange of words between them. Musk alleged that an aide hired a man named James Howard of the investigation firm Jupiter Military & Tactical Systems, to look into Unsworth. Musk said it was Jared Birchall, the president of Musk's family office, who relayed information to him from Howard about Unsworth's alleged relationship with an underage girl, a claim that has not been substantiated.
L. Lin Wood, an attorney representing Unsworth, told Business Insider in September that Howard's alleged findings are false. Howard, whose real name is James Howard-Higgins, was actually a scammer who stole money from his business partners and was sentenced to three years in jail for fraud, BuzzFeed News reported on Thursday citing public records and interviews with the man's former associates.
Court documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News show that Howard-Higgins, who identified himself as the CEO of Jupiter Military & Tactical Systems, emailed Musk and offered to "dig deep" into Unsworth's past and was retained by Musk for $50,000. [Unsworth was supposedly seeking "only" $75,000 from Musk for damages to his reputation.]
According to BuzzFeed News, Musk and his team did not properly look into Howard-Higgins' own history before hiring him. [...] "With a prison record it ought to be difficult to continue in this same line of business. Sadly it appears not to be the case." (MORE - details)