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October 20, 2015 06:20 pm GMT
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Tesla guards attacked journalists, not vice versa, lawyer says
One week after the Reno Gazette-Journal (RGJ) reported an altercation between journalists and guards at Tesla's Gigafactory, the story has taken a surprising turn.
A letter the paper's lawyer, Scott Glogovac, sent to Tesla Motors refutes Tesla's statement that its employees were assaulted by an RGJ photographer. Glogovac said Tesla employees attacked the journalists, not the other way around.
In an Oct. 13 statement, Tesla said two journalists from the RGJ were trespassing on Gigafactory property and that RGJ photographer Andy Barron assaulted two Tesla employees with a Jeep when the guards attempted to detain them. Barron was arrested for two counts of battery with a deadly weapon and was released after posting $30,000 bail. Read more...
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