I think I'm just gonna sit back on this story. Tesla has proved itself to be untrustworthy repeatedly but Mr. Tripp seems like he's doing whatever it takes to avoid going to prison. The truth is the first casualty here.
Martin Tripp ending up in prison is extraordinarily unlikely, even if Tesla is 100% correct. That you even considered the possibility means that Tesla’s strategy of sprinkling the word “illegal” throughout the complaint to paint a criminal picture worked.