OBJECTION

Elon Musk’s Testy Day in Court Is Interrupted by a Vomiting Lawyer

The court went on recess for two hours after a member of the plaintiffs’ counsel puked in the jury box.

Elon Musk’s day in court took a bizarre turn on Tuesday when an attorney vomited in the jury box, forcing the court to take a recess. Musk is being sued by shareholders who say the Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity amounted to a bailout because Musk oversaw the 2016 buyout despite having a financial interest in both companies. The plaintiffs’ attorney, Randy Baron, alleged that Musk set the price for Tesla to purchase SolarCity, a claim Musk has denied. His nine-hour testimony ended on Tuesday afternoon—but not before a member of the plaintiff’s counsel vomited and halted proceedings for two hours. In one testy exchange during Musk’s confrontational testimony, Musk called Baron a “bad human being” who was “mentored by criminals, then continued to be mentored by criminals.”