Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters who signed his petition to defend the Constitution in exchange for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway, which they now believe was a hoax.
According to the case filed by Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty in Austin, Texas federal court, Musk and his America PAC group duped voters into signing by stating they would pick winners at random, despite the fact that they were prearranged.
She further claimed that the defendants benefitted from the gift by increasing traffic and attention to Musk’s X social media platform, as well as gathering personal information including her name, address, and phone number, which they might sell.
McAferty sued one day after a Philadelphia judge denied a request by that city’s district attorney Larry Krasner to end the giveaway, which Krasner called an illegal lottery.
That ruling was largely symbolic because Musk has no plans to give out more money following the U.S. presidential election.
The world’s richest person opened the giveaway to voters in seven battleground states who signed a petition to support free speech and gun rights. Tuesday’s lawsuit seeks at least $5 million in damages for everyone who signed.
Musk is a Texas resident and his electric car company Tesla is based in Austin.
He has supported Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
The case is McAferty v Musk et al, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, No. 24-01346.
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Source: NDTV
