Shareholders are suing the Tesla CEO over a 2018 tweet saying he had the funds to take the firm private.
If a jury rules in Tesla's shareholders favour, Mr Musk may be ordered to pay billions of dollars in damagesA trial into a tweet by Elon Musk alleging that he would take Tesla private in a $72bn buyout is set to begin on Tuesday.
Shareholders argued that they lost billions of dollars due to the tweet after the share price plummeted.
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