Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and far-right sympathizer, has been hit with a defamation lawsuit after he falsely accused a recent college graduate of being a federal agent involved with a neo-Nazi group.

Ben Brody, a 22-year-old Jewish man from California, filed the lawsuit against Musk on Monday after he said he and his family were forced to flee their home after continued harassment and threats after Musk promoted a dangerous conspiracy against Brody.

In yet another example of Elon Musks serial pattern of slander, he falsely told the world that Ben Brody participated in a violent street brawl on behalf of a neo-Nazi extremist group, the lawsuit, obtained by HuffPost, alleges.

The lawsuit centers around a fight between neo-Nazi group Rose City Nationalists (RCN) and neo-fascist group the Proud Boys that took place in Oregon earlier this year. In video footage that went viral , a member of RCN had his face mask pulled off, and internet sleuths went to work hoping to identify him.

But others dismissed the reality of far-right violence by falsely claiming members of the neo-Nazi group were actually federal agents. That included Musk, who amplified the false conspiracy that Brody was the man in the mask, then later suggested Brody was part of a false flag situation, in a post on X previously called Twitter that remains up today .

Musk made these ridiculously false and damaging accusations based on a tweet he had seen from an anonymous far-right extremist Twitter account, the lawsuit alleges. After amplifying the claim for two days, Musk personally leveled these accusations against Ben Brody, and it has led to severe personal harassment and permanent damage to his reputation.

Brody is being represented by attorney Mark Bankston of the Texas law firm Farrar & Ball. Bankston previously represented two Sandy Hook parents who won $45 million in damages against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after Jones spent years falsely claiming the 2012 school shooting that left 20 kids and six adults dead never happened. Jones currently owes more than $1 billion to several Sandy Hook families for his lies.

Brody is seeking more than $1 million in damages against Musk. You can read the full lawsuit here.

Musks defamatory statements have and will continue to cause harm to Ben Brody, the lawsuit says. Due to Musks conduct, Ben Brody has suffered and continues to suffer substantial damages in an amount to be proven at trial.

An attorney for Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement to HuffPost, Bankston said his client plans to hold Musk accountable.

Im not going to let this young man be known for this neo-Nazi smear, Bankston said. Instead, Im going to make sure hes known as the person who stood up to Elon Musk.

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On June 24, members of the Portland Proud Boys went to Oregon Citys first-ever Pride Night Fest to disrupt the event and spew anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.

Along for the homophobic protest were members of RCN, a neo-Nazi group that had recently been involved in an online dispute with members of the local Proud Boys chapter, Vice News reported at the time .

The protest quickly devolved into violence, with members of the Proud Boys striking RCN members with American flagpoles and telling them to be gone, bitch!

One still-unidentified member of RCN is seen on video being propped up by his fellow neo-Nazis after he had been bowled over by the Proud Boys. Moments later, his mask is ripped off, revealing his face. The black-haired man, bleeding from his head, looks bewildered in the video as he goes to cover his face with his hands.