Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” shouldn’t be dealing with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit courtesy of X proprietor Elon Musk.
This wasn’t true in June, once we fact-checked a declare that Musk had sued Goldberg and the present for $60 million.
And it’s not true now, as new claims flow into on social media that Musk is suing Goldberg and “The View” for $70 million.
“Elon Musk sues ‘The VIew’ and Whoopi Goldberg for $70 million, ‘They lie about me,’” a Nov. 13 Fb submit stated.
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Each of those claims originated on self-described satire websites.
The Nov. 13 declare used the identical lawsuit wording as a Nov. 3 SpaceX Fanclub Fb submit, solely SpaceX Fanclub labeled it “rated satire” and stated, “Nothing on this web page is actual if you happen to imagine something we submit you then’re a potato crop.”
Such caveats are lacking from the Nov. 13 Fb submit.
We discovered no credible proof, resembling information tales, public statements from Goldberg or Musk, or court docket filings to corroborate that Musk sued “The View” and Goldberg, a lot much less as a result of he stated they lied about him.
We fee this declare False.
