Cave hero will sue Elon Musk over ‘paedo’ jibe

THE British caving expert who coordinated the rescue of 12 Thai children trapped underground has informed Elon Musk he is preparing to sue him, after the Tesla founder labelled him a “paedo” on Twitter.

Vernon Unsworth (63) enraged the billionaire when he rejected his offer of sending a submarine to assist the rescue, pointing out that it was not a workable solution, and deriding it as a “PR stunt”.

He said Mr Musk could “stick his submarine where it hurts”.

Mr Musk hit back, calling Mr Unsworth a “paedo guy”, in a now-deleted tweet. He then issued an apology, and said he had tweeted “in anger”.

But this week he reignited the controversy by mocking Mr Unsworth for not following up on his threat to take legal action.

Yesterday it emerged that Mr Unsworth’s lawyers had in fact sent Mr Musk a letter on August 6, informing him of their intention to sue for the “false and defamatory statements”.