Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X for $35 million, claiming fraud

[Dos Equis]

What a stupid lawsuit.  Don Le-Mon is a tool.

Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X for $35 million, claiming fraud over canceled content deal
By Aimee Picchi
Edited By Alain Sherter
August 1, 2024

Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, is suing Elon Musk and his social media network X for $35 million, alleging fraud and breach of contract after the billionaire abruptly scrapped a content partnership between them in March.

The lawsuit, posted by Variety, which earlier reported on the legal claim, claims that Musk and X promised that Lemon would have "full authority and control over the work he produced even if disliked" by the Tesla CEO and his executives. Lemon also alleges he never received any pay for his content deal, which the lawsuit states amounted to a "guaranteed" $1.5 million in the first year.

Lemon's attorney, Carney R. Shegerian, and a representative for X didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Lemon's suit comes less than five months after the much-touted content deal fell apart even before it officially started. X announced the arrangement was ending just days before its maiden broadcast was set to air on X in March, while Musk derided Lemon's approach at the time as "basically just 'CNN, but on social media.'"

The first episode, which Lemon released on social media after the content deal was canceled, showed a sometimes prickly conversation with Musk in which the billionaire defended his prescription usage of ketamine, saying the drug helped him alleviate a "negative chemical mind state." Musk also complained in the interview about the way Lemon was asking questions, describing it as "not cogent.

The lawsuit alleges that Musk and his representatives, including X CEO Linda Yaccarino, "deliberately misrepresented what they intended to do," which it claims was to capitalize on Lemon's name and professional status to rehabilitate X's reputation after major advertisers fled the service following Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic post.

Lemon alleges he incurred "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to create his own media company to produce the X content.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-lemon-sues-elon-musk-x-35-million-fraud-allegation/

[falco]

Don Lemon's career has been going downhill and he needs a serious payday.

[deadz]

Don Lemming

[IroNat]

Lemon has soured on Musk.

[Primemuscle]

Lemon has soured on Musk.

From what I've read, Elon Musk is a master at saying/promising one thing and then doing the opposite. As a businessperson, he seems completely untrustworthy to me. But he is supposedly a genius and of course extremely wealthy, two things which in our society cuts these folks a lot of slack. A third is physical appearance. Musk is lacking in this, as he is in likability.

[Skeletor]

What a stupid lawsuit.  Don Le-Mon is tool.

Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X for $35 million, claiming fraud over canceled content deal
By Aimee Picchi
Edited By Alain Sherter
August 1, 2024

Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, is suing Elon Musk and his social media network X for $35 million, alleging fraud and breach of contract after the billionaire abruptly scrapped a content partnership between them in March.

The lawsuit, posted by Variety, which earlier reported on the legal claim, claims that Musk and X promised that Lemon would have "full authority and control over the work he produced even if disliked" by the Tesla CEO and his executives. Lemon also alleges he never received any pay for his content deal, which the lawsuit states amounted to a "guaranteed" $1.5 million in the first year.

Lemon's attorney, Carney R. Shegerian, and a representative for X didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Lemon's suit comes less than five months after the much-touted content deal fell apart even before it officially started. X announced the arrangement was ending just days before its maiden broadcast was set to air on X in March, while Musk derided Lemon's approach at the time as "basically just 'CNN, but on social media.'"

The first episode, which Lemon released on social media after the content deal was canceled, showed a sometimes prickly conversation with Musk in which the billionaire defended his prescription usage of ketamine, saying the drug helped him alleviate a "negative chemical mind state." Musk also complained in the interview about the way Lemon was asking questions, describing it as "not cogent.

The lawsuit alleges that Musk and his representatives, including X CEO Linda Yaccarino, "deliberately misrepresented what they intended to do," which it claims was to capitalize on Lemon's name and professional status to rehabilitate X's reputation after major advertisers fled the service following Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic post.

Lemon alleges he incurred "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to create his own media company to produce the X content.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-lemon-sues-elon-musk-x-35-million-fraud-allegation/

"capitalize on Lemon's name and professional status to rehabilitate X's reputation"



Lemon is completely delusional if he thinks he has any name/status that can help improve the reputation of others.

If they signed a contract, were all of Lemon's demands and terms spelled out specifically? If so, it should be a relatively simple case.

[illuminati]

From what I've read, Elon Musk is a master at saying/promising one thing and then doing the opposite. As a businessperson, he seems completely untrustworthy to me. But he is supposedly a genius and of course extremely wealthy, two things which in our society cuts these folks a lot of slack. A third is physical appearance. Musk is lacking in this, as he is in likability.

You don't know much about big business do you or the general
type of folk who are good at it.
as you wouldn't of posted such utter drivel.

Hell you backed Pedo Joe & Now arse licking Khvntmala neither of
them are kind nice decent folk - again it's generally the type of
folk how go after that kind of work - You always have Exceptions
of Course Like Donald. HTH 

[Dos Equis]

"capitalize on Lemon's name and professional status to rehabilitate X's reputation"



Lemon is completely delusional if he thinks he has any name/status that can help improve the reputation of others.

If they signed a contract, were all of Lemon's demands and terms spelled out specifically? If so, it should be a relatively simple case.

I don't think they ever signed a contract?   

And I agree:  no one is going think better of X because of him.  It's just remarkable how no-talent having dummies like him get prominent positions making a lot of money. 

[Skeletor]

I don't think they ever signed a contract?   

And I agree:  no one is going think better of X because of him.  It's just remarkable how no-talent having dummies like him get prominent positions making a lot of money.

Even for a doofus like Lemon it is pretty stupid to take this to court if he didn't sign a contract and he just relied on a tweet and a conversation.

In May 2023, shortly after CNN terminated Lemon, Musk posted on X: “Have you considered doing your show on this platform? Maybe worth a try. Audience is much bigger.”

Musk asked Lemon to enter into an exclusive partnership with X in a phone conversation in June 2023, but Lemon had “reservations” because of “the ongoing controversies surrounding the X platform,” the complaint says.

Musk insisted that Lemon could have full authority and control over the work he produced, even if Musk didn't like it, the complaint says. It says that Musk induced Lemon to enter into an exclusive partnership deal and that “there would be no need for a formal written agreement or to ‘fill out paperwork.’”

Lemon had another meeting in December with Linda Yaccarino, X’s CEO, and Brett Weitz, its head of content, talent and brand sales, in New York City, where they similarly assured him he’d have full control over his work, he alleges.

In January, X and Musk proposed one-year deal for $1.5 million that would give X exclusive rights to specific video content for 24 hours before it was dispersed to other platforms, according to the complaint. Furthermore, the deal promised Lemon 60% of gross advertising revenue generated from his content and performance threshold payments based on follower counts, it says.

The show was supposed to be 30-minute episodes shared three times a week — covering politics, culture, sports and entertainment — to run exclusively on the platform, the complaint says.

If they signed a contract, it would have laid out specific terms, in which case it would be simple to address which terms were violated by whom.

If Lemon just assumed whatever he claims Musk told him but not what was written in the contract, he is just as stupid. But that's Don Lemon for ya.

[AbrahamG]

You don't know much about big business do you or the general
type of folk who are good at it.
as you wouldn't of posted such utter drivel.

Hell you backed Pedo Joe & Now arse licking Khvntmala neither of
them are kind nice decent folk - again it's generally the type of
folk how go after that kind of work - You always have Exceptions
of Course Like Donald. HTH 

^Unglued^

[jude2]

The only thing Don Lemon has said that was true is Kamala Harris is not Africia American

[Humble Narcissist]

The only thing Don Lemon has said that was true is Kamala Harris is not Africia American

99% of the stuff he said on CNN was wrong but then he said women are past their peak at 40 and THAT is what got him in trouble.

[Grape Ape]

Don Lemon literally brings no insight, thought, or cleverness to anything.

The business model with Lemon is similar to The View - just say the dumbest shit out there so it goes viral and gets eyes on it.

To put another way, as dumb as some people are, I bet nobody ever said "I'm not sure, I wonder what Don Lemon thinks about it".

[illuminati]

Don Lemon literally brings no insight, thought, or cleverness to anything.

The business model with Lemon is similar to The View - just say the dumbest shit out there so it goes viral and gets eyes on it.

To put another way, as dumb as some people are, I bet nobody ever said "I'm not sure, I wonder what Don Lemon thinks about it".

Is he a Black man ?

[Grape Ape]

Is he a Black man ?

GBM

[SOMEPARTS]

Musk Derangement Syndrome

[Humble Narcissist]

Musk Derangement Syndrome

They loved him as a democrat. Same with Trump and Reagan.

[Primemuscle]

They loved him as a democrat. Same with Trump and Reagan.

Assuming I am one of the 'they' you mention, I never liked Trump for as long as he has been in the public eye and regardless of which party he affiliated. President Reagan was okay. He seemed like a good fellow.

[illuminati]

Assuming I am one of the 'they' you mention, I never liked Trump for as long as he has been in the public eye and regardless of which party he affiliated. President Reagan was okay. He seemed like a good fellow.

Don't believe a Fucking word of that if Donald was running for the Pedocrats with Khvntmala
You'd have you're Tongue & Face buried up his arse. Fact.

[SOMEPARTS]

Imagine the lawyers you can hire with 300 billion. What a dummy Lemon is.

[illuminati]

GBM

Really, FFS don't say he also thinks he's woman.

Gay Black & Mentally Fucked up .