Elon Musk to support Indian-origin Canadian doctor in COVID Vax law suit
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Bengaluru: Billionaire Elon Musk has come out to back Indian origin Canadian Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill in her legal battle over tweets that questioned vaccination for Covid-19 during pandemic.
Musk’s social platform X in a statement said it will defend Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, who is a practicing physician in Canada, specializing in immunology and pediatrics, against what it said the government-supported moves to ‘cancel her speech’.
Social platform X in a statement issued on March 24 said it would support her with paying over half of CAD 300,000( Rs 2 crore bill) related to ‘ court judgment and legal bills’.
Musk himself later added that the move is “In support of your right to speak.”
‘X is proud to help defend Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill against the government-supported efforts to cancel her speech. @dockaurG is a practicing physician in Canada, specializing in immunology and pediatrics. Because she spoke out publicly on Twitter (now X) in opposition to the Canadian and Ontario governments’ COVID lockdown efforts and vaccination mandates, she was harassed by the legacy media, censored by prior Twitter management, and subjected to investigations and disciplinary proceedings by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario that resulted in “cautions” being placed on her permanent public record,’ the social media platform reportedly stated.
The statement further said that the process cost her life savings while owing $300,000 in a court judgment due on Monday.
Musk reportedly stepped in to help her after learning about her crowdfunding campaign to pay the huge bill.
‘X will now fund the rest of Dr. Gill’s campaign so that she can pay her $300,000 judgment and her legal bills,” the statement said.
It is reported that Gill herself reached out to Musk tagging him on March 17 in a post which said she owed the legal cost.
Following this development, Gill reportedly said X had reached out her to confirm the matter. It is reported that social platform is likely to help her appeal process as well.
Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, based Brampton, faced severe criticism from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) for her posts that called vaccination for Covid-19 unnecessary, according to reports.