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spacex has settled a lawsuit filed by the creator of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over allegations Elon MuskThe rocket company encroached upon and damaged a plot of land owned by the card company in Texas.
Texas court records show a settlement was reached in the case last month, just weeks before a jury trial was set to begin on Nov. 3. The card maker said in a statement Monday that it could not disclose the terms, and SpaceX did not return emails and telephone messages left with the company and its Texas attorney seeking comment.
Cards Against Humanity, headquartered in chicagooriginally purchased the plot of land in 2017 as part of what she said was a stunt to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to build a border wall.
In its lawsuit, Cards Against Humanity alleges that SpaceX treated the game company’s property – located in Cameron County in far south Texas – as its own property for at least six months.
The lawsuit states that SpaceX, which had previously acquired other plots of land near the property, had placed construction materials, such as gravel and other debris, on the land without permission to do so.
Cards Against Humanity said in an email to The Associated Press on Monday that SpaceX acknowledged trespassing on its property during the discovery phase of the case. The company said the cost of a test “would likely exceed what we get from SpaceX.”
“The advantage is that SpaceX has removed its construction equipment from our land and we are able to work with a local landscaping company to restore the land to its natural state: devoid of space debris and redundant border walls.”
The company previously said that 150,000 people had each contributed $15 to help buy the land in Texas and that they expected to pay those donors back with proceeds from the settlement.
Cards Against Humanity says that over the years the land has been maintained in its natural state. It also said it displayed a “no trespassing” sign to warn people that they were about to step onto private property.
The company was seeking $15 million in damages, which it says also includes the loss of vegetation on the land.
The company said, “Were we expecting to be able to pay all of our fans? Sure. But we warned them they’d probably only get $2 or possibly nothing at all.”