The Philadelphia DA is suing Elon Musk for violating Pennsylvania’s lottery law. Why is Philadelphia DA suing Elon Musk? What to know about possible election law violations. A judge scheduled a hearing for this morning and ordered Musk to be present for it. Musk didn’t show.
Elon Musk didn't appear at a court hearing for a lawsuit over his $1 million-a-day giveaway.
Lawyers for Krasner were originally granted a Friday court date in state court for their request to immediately halt the giveaway, but that hearing was moved to Thursday morning under a different judge.
Hours after the case was reassigned, Musk's team requested late Wednesday night that the lawsuit be moved to federal court — a move that could delay any relief.
The request didn't stop the judge from holding the state court hearing, which began at 10 a.m. Musk did not show up in court, despite having been ordered to by a judge, multiple journalists reported from Philadelphia.
The DA wants Musk sanctioned, but the judge said he would wait until the question of whether to move the case to federal court is decided:
Krasner's lawyers said Musk should be sanctioned for missing the hearing, but the judge reserved his decision until after it's determined which court will hear the lawsuit, the Associated Press reported.
Krasner's attorney told reporters after the hearing that he would argue in federal court that the case be returned to state court.
"We will proceed to federal court, and we will address the issues there and seek to have the matter remanded back to the state court," said John Summers, an attorney representing Krasner. "After all, this is a case that involves state law issues, and I'll leave it at that."
Regardless of whether or not Musk believes the case is in the right court, a judge ordered him to appear and he didn’t. That is contempt of court.
