Musk Threatens Legal Action Over Gibney Documentary

Elon Musk is threatening legal action against filmmaker Alex Gibney over his forthcoming documentary, escalating a dispute that centers on the film's treatment of Musk's statements before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Musk's attorney, Alex Spiro, sent a letter dated September 3 to Jigsaw Productions, the company behind the nearly four-hour documentary titled Musk, putting the production on formal legal notice and warning of potential defamation litigation. The letter focuses on an election-related sequence in which Ashley St. Clair, a former conservative commentator who has a child with Musk, describes text messages Musk sent her before the November 2024 election. According to the film, Musk wrote that he was feeling more optimistic about Donald Trump winning because "tomorrow we unleash the anomaly in the matrix," and, when asked for clarity, referenced having "over 10 thousand lasers in space." NPR reported that it obtained and authenticated texts between Musk and St. Clair dated October 6, 2024, though other outlets did not independently verify them.