It's Musk, so he refused to apologise, doubled down on the assertions, got threatened with a lawsuit, grumpily withdrew the allegations, saw a slightly unflatte

It's Musk, so he refused to apologise, doubled down on the assertions, got threatened with a lawsuit, grumpily withdrew the allegations, saw a slightly unflattering Buzzfeed article, blew his lid, sent the journalist a rant about how all the original allegations were true and Buzzfeed was a pro-pedophile publication for not agreeing with Musk 100% on everything (...not making this up), the journalist gleefully published it (because Musk was way too angry to, eg, get an agreement that the conversation was off the record), and the diver promptly sued him. There's still zero evidence that any of Musk's claims are true, and I believe a few of them have always been trivially falsifiable, eg, Musk mentioned a child bride, but the diver's partner is 40, which isn't really what I'd consider a "child". And so on. The court cases are ongoing, and unlikely to move fast. But at this point the best Musk can hope for is a procedural win I think, and that's iffy.