Don Lemon is Suing Elon Musk

Back in March tech billionaire Elon Musk canceled Don Lemon's podcast on X [formerly known as Twitter] after the first episode, featuring a disastrous interview with Musk [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Lemon is suing Musk for breach of contract...

From TMZ 

Don Lemon is taking legal action against Elon Musk after his X show was unceremoniously canceled after one episode ... now claiming he was never paid properly.

The longtime newsman hit the tech CEO with a lawsuit Thursday, in which he alleges EM refused to pay him after their deal fell apart. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Elon made a verbal promise to pay DL $1.5 million a year to make videos for X ... as a way to draw in dwindling advertisers.

Don claims he was also promised a share of the advertising revenue and other cash incentives if his presence on X (formerly Twitter) grew -- but Don's claiming Elon bailed on that agreement ... which Don believes violates the law.

While Don says in the docs that he didn't have a written contract in place, he claims Elon assured him over the phone about all these alleged promises -- and allegedly said he'd still support DL financially ... even if he didn't like the content.

 

Don alleges he was pressured to announce his new collaboration with X at CES -- a famed tech conference in Las Vegas. DL claims his deal was to be revoked if he did not attend the conference alongside X CEO Linda Yaccarino.

Don's lawyer, Carney Shegerian, says this ... "X's executives used Don to prop up their advertising sales pitch, then canceled their partnership and dragged Don’s name through the mud." Don's suing for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation on name and likeness, breach of contract and other causes of action. He's seeking damages.