Austin shooting suspect was Tesla employee who assaulted co-worker, lawsuit says

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Ndiaga Diagne, the man accused of killing three people and injuring 15 others in a downtown Austin shooting spree, was a former Tesla employee who worked at Gigafactory Texas, where he allegedly assaulted a fellow employee late last year. A lawsuit filed by the victim accuses the automaker of failing to provide a safe work environment and know the backgrounds of its employees.

Lillian Mendoza Brady also accuses Tesla Inc. of withholding Diagne’s name since the alleged assault Dec. 4.
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The assault allegedly happened while Diagne was on a company-allowed prayer break, Brady says, when he assaulted her without provocation. The suit accuses Tesla of failing to monitor its factory’s common areas or supervise sanctioned activities in those spaces, “creating an unreasonably dangerous condition.”
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After the alleged assault, Hilliard said, Brady repeatedly asked Tesla for her assailant’s name so she could press charges, but the company refused. She’d never seen Diagne before that day, another of Brady’s attorneys said. She and Diagne were among about 22,000 employees who worked last year at Gigafactory Texas.
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In 2022, a state civil court judge in Bexar County found Diagne had a “history or pattern of committing family violence” and granted his ex-wife sole custody of their two young sons. He was granted supervised visitation, court records show. That same year, Diagne was arrested in Texas in connection to a vehicle collision.

https://www.statesman.com/business/article/austin-shooting-suspect-tesla-lawsuit-texas-21957429.php or https://archive.is/oskPK