Musk, X to face trial in Don Lemon lawsuit alleging breach of contract Broadcast journalist Don Lemon’s lawsuit against Elon Musk and social network X can proceed to trial, a judge ordered this week. Lemon sued Musk and X after the tech billionaire abruptly canceled a partnership with the former CNN anchor. Musk and X have faced a litany of other lawsuits over non-payment to vendors and over failure to provide severance as promised to laid-off employees from Twitter.