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The 48-year-old Musk, who has had his share of run-ins with lawyers over the years, got particularly combative with Randy Baron, a California-based lawyer for Tesla shareholders challenging the wisdom of the SolarCity acquisition. They’ve sued the company’s board in Delaware Chancery Court.

At one point, Musk calls Baron “reprehensible” because the lawyer — according to the Tesla CEO — questioned whether SolarCity was a viable entity and the validity of sustainable energy as a whole.

“You seem like a very, very bad person. Just a bad human being,” Musk said in the deposition. “And I hope you come to regret your actions in the future, but you probably won’t. And that’s sad.”

When Baron questioned whether Musk’s push for the SolarCity deal amounted to a bailout, the executive snapped again and told the lawyer he was “a shameful person.”

“To bail out SolarCity was good for the world you’re telling us?” Baron asked. “Advancing solar is absolutely good for the world,” Musk shot back. “Do you just think about money? What is your purpose in life?”

At another point in the deposition, Musk defended the SolarCity acquisition and accused Baron and other investors’ lawyers of “barking up the wrong tree.”

“SolarCity would have done just fine by itself and Tesla would have done just fine by itself, but in the long-term, they are better together. And that is what the future will show. That is why I think you should stop wasting your time now.”

The case is set for trial before Delaware Chancery Judge Joseph Slights III in March 2020, according to Tesla’s securities filings. Slights will hear the case without a jury.

The case is In Re Tesla Motors Inc. Stockholders Litigation, No. 12711, Delaware Chancery Court (Wilmington).

Bloomberg.com