Overview
- Lillian Mendoza Brady filed a lawsuit Thursday in Travis County alleging Ndiaga Diagne attacked her on Dec. 4 during a prayer break in a common area at Gigafactory Texas.
- The suit accuses Tesla of negligence for failing to maintain a safe workplace, asserts the company should have known of Diagne’s aggressive tendencies, and seeks more than $1 million in damages.
- Brady’s attorney says Tesla declined to provide Diagne’s name or video after she reported the incident, and she later recognized him from news coverage of the March 1 Sixth Street attack.
- The Travis County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into the December report but closed the case after Diagne was killed by police during the mass shooting.
- Austin police say they had no prior contact with Diagne, the FBI is evaluating the attack for possible terrorism, and Tesla has not confirmed his employment or commented on the suit.