--- title: "Elon Musk Threatens Bank With “One Star Review on Yelp” Unless They Drop Lawsuit" description: "\"If JPM doesn’t withdraw their lawsuit, I will give them a one star review on Yelp,\" Tesla CEO Elon Musk told The Wall Street Journal." date: "2021-11-22" modified: "2021-11-22" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-bank-yelp-lawsuit" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "jpmorgan" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Threatens Bank With “One Star Review on Yelp” Unless They Drop Lawsuit !["If JPM doesn’t withdraw their lawsuit, I will give them a one star review on Yelp," Tesla CEO Elon Musk told The Wall Street Journal.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Bank Memes Last week [JPMorgan sued Tesla](), arguing the company owed it $162 million. "We have provided Tesla multiple opportunities to fulfill its contractual obligations, so it is unfortunate that they have forced this issue into litigation," read [a statement]() issued by the bank. And now, Musk is beefing with the bank — in the most Musk way imaginable. "If JPM doesn’t withdraw their lawsuit, I will give them a one star review on Yelp," Musk [told *The Wall Street Journal*](). "This is my final warning!" ## Secured Funding While presumably tongue-in-cheek, making enemies of banks is risky. At the same time, the electric carmaker isn't exactly struggling to find banks to cooperate with, thanks to its record-breaking value of [more than $1 trillion](). In other words, Musk may be calling JPMorgan's bluff. The lawsuit is [connected to Musk's infamous 2018 tweets]() in which he promised to take Tesla private, claiming to have secured funding for at $420 a share. JPMorgan was betting on an eventual sale of Tesla, which of course never materialized. ## Fast and Loose Given Musk's remarks to the *WSJ*, the CEO isn't exactly quaking in his boots. Besides, $162 million is pocket change for someone in Musk's position. And he'll be represented by Alex Spiro, the attorney who previously helped him wriggle out of a defamation lawsuit after he [called a British cave explorer a "pedo"]() in 2019. Tesla is also in a strong position given its sky-high valuations and [crushing expectations in Q3]() of this year. Musk may have been playing fast and loose with his comments back in 2018, which earned him a massive [lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission](). But whether JPMorgan's lawyers will be able to make a strong enough case remains to be seen. **READ MORE:** [JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Tesla’s Elon Musk Feud Behind the Scenes]() \[*The Wall Street Journal*\] ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()