https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/01/31/prosecutors-billions-in-investor-damages-after-musk-tweet/

By Michael Liedtke | Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused billions of dollars in investor damages after the deal collapsed, according to estimates presented Tuesday at a trial examining the haphazard handling of the buyout proposal.