Washington, SpaceX has settled a lawsuit filed by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over accusations that Elon Musk’s rocket company trespassed and damaged a piece of land the card company owns in Texas. Texas court records show a settlement was reached in the case last month, just weeks before a jury trial was scheduled to begin on Nov. 3. The mapmaker said in a statement Monday that it could not disclose the terms, and SpaceX did not return email and phone messages left with the company and its Texas attorney seeking comment. Cards Against Humanity, which is headquartered in Chicago, originally bought the plot of land in 2017 as part of what it said was a stunt to oppose President Donald Trump’s efforts to build a border wall. Cards Against Humanity alleges in its lawsuit that SpaceX essentially treated the gaming company’s property in Cameron County in far south Texas as its own for at least six months. The lawsuit said SpaceX, which had previously acquired other parcels of land near the property, placed construction materials, such as gravel, and other debris on the land without seeking permission to do so. Cards Against Humanity said in an email to The Associated Press on Monday that SpaceX admitted to trespassing on its property during the discovery phase of the case. The company said a trial “would have cost more than we were likely to win from SpaceX.” “The upside is that SpaceX has removed their construction equipment from our land and we can work with a local landscaping company to restore the land to its natural state: without space junk and pointless border walls.” The company previously said 150,000 people contributed USD 15 each to help buy the land in Texas and that it hoped to repay those donors with proceeds from a settlement. Over the years, Cards Against Humanity says the land has been maintained in its natural state. It also says it displayed a “no trespassing” sign to warn people they were about to step on private property. The company sought USD 15 million in damages, which it said included a loss of vegetation on the land. “Did we hope to be able to pay all our fans? Of course. But we warned them that they would probably only be able to get like USD 2 or most likely nothing,” the company said. RUK RUK This article was generated from an automated news agency feed with no text modifications.
Cards Against Humanity and Elon Musk’s SpaceX reach settlement over alleged trespass in Texas
