https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-lawsuit/tesla-musk-sought-to-burn-citron-other-short-sellers-lawsuit-idUSKCN1LM2OX

The prominent short-seller Andrew Left has sued Tesla Inc and its Chief Executive Elon Musk, saying Musk fraudulently engineered his since-abandoned plan to take Tesla private to "burn" investors hoping the electric car company's stock price would fall.