Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX for $15 million for leaving construction equipment on a spacecraft and damaging property. CAH land in Texas.
ComplaintsThe complaint, filed Thursday evening in Cameron County District Court, details the original condition of the land along the U.S.-Mexico border that CAH has worked to keep in a “natural state.” Photos in the complaint show the land's current state, filled with equipment and materials that do not belong to CAH.
“In essence, for at least six months, SpaceX treated the property as its own without regard for CAH's property rights or the safety of anyone entering the work site, which is supposedly governed by OSHA safety requirements,” the complaint reads.s.
By email Take a screenshot and share it on XCAH shared an update on the land, which was purchased through crowdfunding in 2017 to protect it from “racist billionaire Donald Trump's very stupid wall.”
“We have pledged to use every legal tool we have to protect this land from bullies like Trump and Musk, who spent millions to get Trump elected and are trying to build their stupid wall,” CAH wrote. statement“If we don't act now, who will trust us again?”
The card-game company said it responded with a lawsuit after Musk's space company, SpaceX, offered to buy the land for half the price. An email sent to every donor who gave $15 to the company's campaign said that if the lawsuit was won, CAH would send each donor up to $100.
“Unfortunately, Mr. Musk has far more money and lawyers than we do, so you will probably only receive around $2 at most,” the email said.
CAH has historically supported the Democratic Party. Over $40,000 To the Democratic candidates in the 2020 election cycle:
“SpaceX's conduct has damaged both relationships in various ways, particularly by creating the impression that there was some kind of connection between CAH and SpaceX. SpaceX's conduct constitutes willful and intentional interference with these relationships,” the lawsuit states.
Neither CAH nor SpaceX responded to The Hill's requests for comment.
