{"id":288120,"date":"2026-05-11T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/288120\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:15:08","slug":"tesla-heads-off-trial-in-gigafactory-texas-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/288120\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla heads off trial in Gigafactory Texas assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla Inc. has successfully\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/business\/article\/austin-shooting-suspect-tesla-lawsuit-texas-21957429.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">fended off a trial<\/a> over a Gigafactory Texas assault case tied to the former employee suspected in a mass shooting in March on West Sixth Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Austin company has been granted a motion for arbitration, heading off a trial that the alleged victim said she hoped would shed light on Tesla&#8217;s missed opportunities to stop the assault that left three people dead\u00a0and 15 injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The case was filed after employee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/business\/article\/austin-shooting-tesla-lawsuit-lillian-brady-21959359.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Lillian Brady sued the automaker<\/a> in the aftermath of the shooting at Buford&#8217;s Backyard Beer Garden, alleging she was assaulted in December at the factory by former co-worker and shooting suspect Ndiaga Diagne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her lawsuit, Brady argued that the automaker failed to provide a safe work environment and know the backgrounds of its employees. She also accused Tesla of withholding Diagne\u2019s name since the alleged assault Dec. 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tesla fired Diagne in January. On March 1, police say he went on a shooting spree in downtown Austin before being fatally shot by officers. The FBI investigated the shooting as a possible act of terrorism. Last week, federal investigators said they found no evidence that Diagne was directed by a foreign terrorist organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tesla could not be reached for comment about the complaint being moved to arbitration. During an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/business\/article\/tesla-gigafactory-texas-arbitration-assault-suit-22198429.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">April hearing in state District Court in Austin<\/a>, Tesla attorney Joshua Romero cited Tesla\u2019s \u201cbroad\u201d arbitration agreement, which says \u201cany and all disputes arising from or related to your employment go to arbitration.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During that hearing, Brady&#8217;s lawyers argued Tesla uses arbitration when it suits the company&#8217;s purposes, telling the judge \u201cthey cannot use this as a sword and a shield.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tesla Inc. has successfully\u00a0fended off a trial over a Gigafactory Texas assault case tied to the former employee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-288120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}