Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over His Cancelled X Show

Former CNN ground tackle Don Lemon is suing his once - employer , Elon Musk , after Musk choke Lemon ’s X - hosted lecture show in the womb following an adversarial interview between the two of them .

Back in January , Muskannouncedthat Lemon would be hosting a show on X. At the time , rightwing programming on the program — including shows headed byTucker Carlson , Ben Shapiro , andAlex Jones — was direct off . In an apparent cause to showcase his allegiance to the concept of “ fairness , ” Musk advertised an coming program lead by the former CNN anchor . The Don Lemon Show , Musk say , would test that the “ digital town square is for all , ” mean that X was a place that supported ideologies of all stripes .

However , to kick off his show , Lemon made the black decision to record and atmosphere an hour - long , un - edited interviewed with Musk himself — a decisiveness that forthwith led to the show ’s cancellation .

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Now , Lemon has process both Musk and X , and claims that he was tricked into a line arrangement with the political program under “ false pretenses . ”The lawsuitaccuses ecstasy executive director and Musk of providing Lemon with “ false promises and representations , ” mention that while Lemon was told he would be enter into a profitable , long - hold up job family relationship , the literal “ purpose ” of the partnership was to temporarily employ Lemon ’s “ name , likeness , repute , and identity to rehabilitate defendant reputation and suck up in advertisers to the X platform . ” The suit notes the drasticdownturn in advertising revenuethat X suffered just prior to the passel .

Lemon says that he was promised “ full say-so and control over the workplace he produce even if disliked by Defendants . ” However , after Lemon spent century of thousands of dollar bill forge a party , hiring stave , and set up a production space for the show , Musk put the kibosh on the show , texting Lemon ’s lawyer that the “ contract bridge is offset ” a bare day after their ill - fatten up consultation , the lawsuit claims .

chip in Musk ’s fickle tendency , it is n’t precisely surprising that the interview break poorly . Lemon took the Thomas Kyd gloves off , battering the tech mogul with a flurry of questions about everything from trans rights to Musk ’s adversarialrelationship with disco biscuit ’s advertiser , to the rise in hate delivery on the platform , to the billionaire’sown drug usage . At one point , pinned down by on-going rhetorical fervour , Musk descend back on claims made in his Walter - Isaacson - pennedhagiography , arrogate his “ rugged puerility ” help explicate why he was such an “ intense person ” ( arguably , this phrase may have been Lemon ’s codeword for “ asshole ” ) .

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Only a day later , Lemon ’s show was cancelled . “ patently , free speech Caesarism does n’t apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me , ” said the former news mainstay , in a video posted to X , shortly after the deal was nuked .

Lemon has continued to bring out his show , and even promote segments of it on X , though the franchise would have apparently been much more profitable had the contract with the platform go forward . The suit claims X had offered to pay Lemon $ 1.5 million a year , during which clock time he would have been obligated to create one piece of “ farseeing - form ” contentedness per workweek , as well as 10 piece of short - strain content a calendar month . to boot , Lemon would have been entitled to “ 60 percent of the everlasting advertising revenue that X received for programmatic advertising ” generated by his contentedness .

The case take that the Adam leadership ultimately “ break to compensate him , citing to false pretending for their breach of the partnership arrangement . ” The case now search economical indemnity , punitive damages , and compensation for attorneys ’ fee , among other things .

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