https://www.the-sun.com/news/219/elon-musk-hits-back-at-brit-diver-he-called-pedo-guy-as-court-docs-claim-he-tried-to-cash-in-on-cave-rescue/

THE Brit cave diver who helped save a trapped Thai youth football team tried to make money from the rescue, new court docs appear to show.

Vernon Unsworth is suing Elon Musk after the Tesla billionaire dubbed him a "pedo guy" when he mocked his offer of a mini submarine to help with the mission.

But text messages allegedly sent by Unsworth, 64, to a friend show how he was plotting to cash in on his heroics with movie and book deals, it's claimed.

In one message apparently written by Unsworth, he says he plans to play "hardball" with TV networks vying for the rights to tell his story.

They were contained among a tranche of court documents filed in the US on Thursday by Musk's legal team, DailyMail.com reports.

The SpaceX founder - worth $20billion - is fighting a $75,000 defamation suit over his "pedo guy" jibe.

Musk, 48, had lashed out in now-deleted tweets after Unsworth told him to "stick his submarine where it hurts".

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