Elon Musk is being sued over his $1 million giveaway to voters — again

Arizona nonmigratory Jacqueline McAferty is suing Elon Musk and his pro-Trump America PAC successful a Texas national court, alleging that the PAC’s $1 million-a-day lottery to registered voters successful plaything states was fraud. The projected class-action suit was filed a time aft a Philadelphia justice denied the city’s request to bid Musk to extremity the lottery — and seems to person been spurred by Musk’s ineligible defense successful the Philadelphia case.

The complaint, filed successful a national tribunal successful Austin, alleges that Musk falsely claimed the PAC would take sweepstakes winners randomly erstwhile the selections were, successful fact, predetermined. The ailment cites comments made yesterday by Chris Gober, a Republican lawyer CNBC identified arsenic America PAC’s erstwhile treasurer. 

“The $1 cardinal recipients are not chosen by chance,” Gober said during the Monday proceeding successful the Philadelphia case. “We cognize precisely who volition beryllium announced arsenic the $1 cardinal recipient contiguous and tomorrow.” Grober’s grounds contradicted Musk’s ain assertion that the funds were awarded “randomly,” arsenic helium said erstwhile helium announced the contest astatine a governmental rally successful Pennsylvania.

McAferty signed the petition connected October 20th, the time Musk announced the contest, according to the complaint. Musk “made the mendacious statements with the volition of inducing individuals to motion the America PAC petition,” which was a strategy to get users’ data, the ailment alleges. McAferty is accusing Musk of fraud and breach of contract.

To motion the petition, voters had to supply their archetypal and past name, email address, mailing address, and compartment telephone number. “The America PAC petition places nary limitations connected America PAC’s usage of oregon merchantability of the idiosyncratic information it collects, nor does it supply immoderate further accusation astir the planned usage of data,” the ailment claims.

The suit besides claims that Musk utilized the lottery to thrust “significant postulation to Musk’s X platform.”