https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-sues-former-employee-allegedly-153550589.html

Tripp’s actions were “willful and malicious” and “done with the deliberate intent to injure Tesla’s business,” the company’s lawyers said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada.

Tesla has been racing to ramp up production of its critical Model 3 sedan to 5,000 cars a week. Last week, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk shrinking the company’s workforce by 9 percent in a bid for profitability. More than 3,000 workers will lose their jobs, and notices filed with the state of California revealed that more than 500 employees in Fremont and Palo Alto were dismissed.