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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,972 posts)
Sun May 3, 2026, 12:45 PM Sunday

Elon Musk went to court. The judge wasn't amused.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had stern words for Tesla CEO Elon Musk as she prepared to open the trial in his case against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman. “How can we get things done without you making things worse outside the courtroom?” she asked Musk on Tuesday.

Gonzalez Rogers chastised Musk for the day before making dozens of posts on X, the social media platform he owns, criticizing his opponents, including posts that rendered Altman’s first name as “Scam.”

Her question could also be heard as acknowledgment of a wider challenge that has surfaced during previous trials involving Musk or his companies: When the puckish billionaire known for divisive politics and provocative social media posts enters the courtroom, conventional proceedings can become distorted by his gravitational pull.

Musk claimed on Tuesday that his social media posts were a response to others made by Altman, who also received a warning from the judge. The Tesla CEO alleges in his case that after he co-founded OpenAI in 2015 with Altman and the company’s president Greg Brockman, the pair betrayed the company’s original mission so that they could enrich themselves. OpenAI and its executives deny those allegations. But it was Musk himself who dominated the first three days of testimony in the trial.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/elon-musk-went-court-judge-090000645.html

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Elon Musk went to court. The judge wasn't amused. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday OP
Go to hell "puckish billionaire" pat_k Sunday #1
I honed in on that sloppy wet kiss too LearnedHand Sunday #5
Don't tell, but show, your honor misanthrope Sunday #2
The Judge Either Cites A Law Musk Is Breaking, Or She Shuts Up...... ColoringFool Sunday #3
"Puckish"? The Blue Flower Sunday #4
Puckish fuckstick Blue Owl Sunday #7
My thought as well catrose Sunday #10
Let Elon and Sam fight The Madcap Sunday #6
Yes! Blue Owl Sunday #8
Hawk it on pay-per-view. The Madcap Sunday #9

pat_k

(13,821 posts)
1. Go to hell "puckish billionaire"
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:10 PM
Sunday

There is nothing "mischievous" or "playful" about Elon.

Like the felon, he is a monstrous troll. An extremely immature troll, but a troll nonetheless.

LearnedHand

(5,547 posts)
5. I honed in on that sloppy wet kiss too
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:58 PM
Sunday

I hope one day this country’s love affair with billionaires will be long behind us.

misanthrope

(9,587 posts)
2. Don't tell, but show, your honor
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:15 PM
Sunday

Show them they aren’t above the law and if they want to use a court of law to their own ends, then they will adhere to its standards. Find them in contempt and lock them up.

ColoringFool

(981 posts)
3. The Judge Either Cites A Law Musk Is Breaking, Or She Shuts Up......
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:28 PM
Sunday

I loathe Elon Musk, sold my Tesla stock years ago on principle, and have researched his grandfather who sought to annex Canada and Greenland.

NEVERTHELESS, I don't have time for a Judge who does not rule, but instead admonishes.

💩 OR GET OFF THE 🫕.

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