Billionaire Tech Mogul Palmer Luckey Sues After Getting Trapped in His Own Elevator

Palmer Luckey, the billionaire tech bro who founded Oculus and parlayed that luck into a vocation arsenic a Silicon Valley defence contractor, got stuck successful his ain car elevator for 10 minutes. That’s according to a caller suit Luckey took retired against the contractor liable for gathering the elevator, as elaborate by Forbes.

Luckey collects cars and helium needed a spot to store them. According to Forbes, helium ran retired of country for the cars astatine his Newport Beach, California mansion and decided to bargain different location crossed the roadworthy and person it into a fancy store for each his toys. The caller store was elaborate and included 4 car lifts and a cardinal rider elevator.

David Peck, Luckey’s lawyer, told Forbes that Luckey and his contractor were trapped wrong the elevator for much than 10 minutes.

According to the lawsuit, this has happened much than erstwhile and led to millions of dollars successful damages. Custom Cabs and operation institution WT Durant, who are the defendants successful the case, person denied Luckey’s allegations. Custom Cabs told Forbes that it had filed a question to onslaught the lawsuit’s claims. WT Durant said it had worked with Luckey respective times earlier this incidental and that he’d ne'er earlier had an issue.

Tech billionaires with costly mansions and tastes can’t drawback a interruption lately. In July, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman filed a suit that claimed his $27 cardinal San Francisco was a lemon. Altman’s mansion, similar Luckey’s, besides has a fancy store with a spinning sheet that allows the retention of aggregate cars. Altman, dissimilar Luckey, avoided getting trapped successful his.