The battle between Don Lemon and Elon Musk is just heating up.
On Thursday, Lemon officially filed a lawsuit against Musk for one talk show cancelled that Lemon had to wait at X.
suitfiled in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Musk lured Lemon into the deal “through false promises and representations” and that Musk and his team “deliberately misrepresented what they intended to do” after Lemon “had caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses” preparing for the show.
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“This case is straightforward,” Lemon's attorney Carney Shegerian said in a statement STATEMENT. “X's executives used Don to prop up their ad sales campaign, then canceled their partnership and dragged Don's name through the mud. It doesn't take a genius to see the fraud, negligence and reputational damage here.”
Lemon was set to wait “The Don Lemon Show” on X, which was announced in January. The program was scheduled to have 30-minute episodes on the platform three times a week.
The premiere episode, a one-on-one interview with Musk and Lemon, broached topics of hate speech, former President Donald Trump and Musk's drug use, which he has been open about using ketamine for years. However, Musk was combative and agitated, at times, during the interview and refused to answer some questions.
“Like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships and after careful consideration, X has decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show.” X confirmed after Lemon had posted one disclosure statement that the show had gotten the axe.
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In one leaked clipMusk can be heard telling Lemon that the “only reason” he's doing the interview is because Lemon “asked for it” and it's on Musk's platform.
Lemon is seeking an unspecified amount of financial compensation and other relief.