FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. A federal judge in California has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit on Thursday, May 19, 2022, that a Tesla investor had filed against CEO Elon Musk, the company and a supporter of Musk. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)