https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/12/01/former-tesla-employee-to-pay-400000-to-end-lawsuit-over-tips-to-reporters/

A former Tesla Inc factory employee will pay Elon Musk’s electric car maker $400,000 after it accused him of tipping reporters about alleged production inefficiencies and delays, a court filing shows.

The payment by Martin Tripp, a former process technician at Tesla’s Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, was part of a settlement disclosed on Monday and approved that day by Chief Judge Miranda Du of the federal court in Reno.