Tesla/Elon got away with what looks like swatting a former employee, and makes use of sketchy freelance sketchy private investigators.
“ An anonymous caller had contacted the company to say Tripp was planning a mass shooting at the Gigafactory. When the police confronted Tripp that evening, he was unarmed and in tears. He said he was terrified of Musk and suggested the billionaire might have called in the tip himself.”