https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/judge-rejects-musks-arguments-to-dismiss-pedo-guy-defamation-suit/

A federal judge in California has rejected Elon Musk's request to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Vern Unsworth, a British caver who aided with the rescue of a dozen boys in Thailand last year.

Musk's lawyers had argued that his remarks describing Unsworth as a "pedo guy" were mere statements of opinion that cannot be defamatory under US law. Judge Stephen Wilson rejected these arguments and scheduled a jury trial to start on October 22.