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Musk Threatens Legal Action Over Alex Gibney Documentary at Venice Premiere

The tech mogul rages against the four-hour film after its premiere, while former partner Ashley St Clair warns of his impact on democracy.

10 publishers · 16 articles · first seen 7 Sept 2026 · updated 15h ago

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  1. Elon Musk threatens to sue over Gibney documentary's "space lasers" claim NPR Politics ·
  2. Elon Musk Threatens Legal Action Over Alex Gibney Documentary, Blasts “Boring Hit Piece” The Hollywood Reporter ·
  3. Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend accuses him of sowing ‘deliberate division’ on X - video The Guardian Business ·
  4. Four-Hour Elon Musk Documentary by Alex Gibney Has Venice Premiere The New York Times ·
  5. Musk review – epic study of the world’s richest and most banal man The Guardian Culture ·
  6. Elon Musk Documentary Teaser Asks If Billionaire Is the ‘Greatest Living Inventor’ or a ‘Fascist’ Who ‘Has Lost His Mind’ Variety Australia ·
  7. "Free speech absolutist" Elon Musk threatens legal action over unflattering documentary The A.V. Club
  8. This Elon Musk Doc Will Scare the Sh-t Out of You Rolling Stone
  9. Elon Musk Embarks On Vicious Rant About “Bitter Old Man” Alex Gibney & Threatens To Sue Over ‘Musk’ Documentary Deadline
  10. No one put in the newspaper that Elon is mad about Alex Gibney's Musk The A.V. Club
  11. Elon Musk Rages Over Alex Gibney’s ‘Hit Piece’ Documentary ‘Musk’: ‘Horrible Human’ Rolling Stone
  12. Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary goes for the jugular in these 3 scenes All Content from Business Insider
  13. Ashley St. Clair passed on $40 million to speak out about Elon Musk The A.V. Club
  14. ‘Musk’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Distressing Biography of an Uber-Wealthy Tech Bro Is Less Bombshell Than Summary of How We Got Here IndieWire
  15. Alex Gibney Warns Elon Musk’s DOGE Data Could Be Used ‘for an AI to Influence the Election’ IndieWire
  16. ‘Musk’ Teaser: The Wealthiest Man in the World Becomes Alex Gibney’s Latest Documentary Subject IndieWire

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  • Elon Musk
  • Alex Gibney
  • Ashley St Clair
  • Venice Film Festival

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