{"id":174292,"date":"2019-07-11T03:13:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/pablo-escobars-bro-considers-suing-elon-musk-over-flamethrower-idea"},"modified":"2019-07-11T03:13:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T08:13:17","slug":"pablo-escobars-bro-considers-suing-elon-musk-over-flamethrower-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/pablo-escobars-bro-considers-suing-elon-musk-over-flamethrower-idea","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Escobar&#039;s Bro Considers Suing Elon Musk Over Flamethrower Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-101897\" class=\"post-101897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-businesspeople tag-colombia tag-elon-and-co tag-elon-musk tag-flamethrower tag-hyperloop tag-medellin tag-pablo-escobar tag-white-south-african-people\" readability=\"45.9499246988\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.2738853503\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"76.6050670641\">\n<section id=\"cb-0eba1082f472e65c1b29fbce85de2d41\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Businesspeople\" alt=\"Businesspeople\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pablo-Escobar039s-Bro-Considers-Suing-Elon-Musk-Over-Flamethrower-Idea.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>         <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">TMZ\/Getty Composite<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-29a6612d95fea4a459aae47de6d660f5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31.7205882353\">\n<p><strong>Pablo Escobar<\/strong>\u2018s brother says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> ripped off the \u201cnot-a-flamethrower\u201d idea and beat him to the punch \u2014 but now he\u2019s got his own (hot) take on the gizmo \u2026 and a possible legal fireball for Elon. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1499697414f15e91bf600bc8e81c7de1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>The late Colombian kingpin\u2019s bro, Roberto, just launched his own flamethrower \u2014 which is basically a glorified propane torch \u2014 and it is eerily similar to Elon\u2019s product from early 2018. There\u2019s a reason for that, according to Escobar\u2019s camp \u2026 he claims Elon and co. jacked the idea after one of his engineers paid a visit to the family compound in mid-2017.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-22e136b7e2586c29aa608336ffbc694e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-555fdd35-5e36-538a-8f95-2d8fb74163c5-1833792849-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/071019-flamethrower-comparison-v2-4589052-0-v9r8uuk0\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-555fdd35-5e36-538a-8f95-2d8fb74163c5-1833792849-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Colombia\" alt=\"Colombia\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562832319_805_Pablo-Escobar039s-Bro-Considers-Suing-Elon-Musk-Over-Flamethrower-Idea.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-81971259c9e0c76832bae99bedf855e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>We\u2019re told while Elon\u2019s guy was out in Medellin that summer, he and Robeto allegedly got to talkin\u2019 about a toy flamethrower that could \u201cburn money.\u201d Burning cash \u2014 literally \u2014 is apparently a favorite pastime of the Escobars \u2026 ya know, \u2019cause of how rich they were from all drug smuggling and whatnot in Pablo\u2019s heyday. Torching dinero \u2026 the new wealth brag.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c4db2294e1ceb05cdfc181ba7f195e85\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"38.8988764045\">\n<p>Anyway, Roberto\u2019s camp claims nothing ever came of that convo \u2014 until, suddenly, in January of 2018 \u2026 Elon announced his \u2018The Boring Company Not a Flamethrower,\u2019 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/01\/29\/elon-musk-flamethrowers-boring-company\/\"><strong>raked in millions<\/strong><\/a> in the first few days on digital shelves. We\u2019re told the Escobars were pissed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6cfe9dfd1d52c499e718d77c7ef30e8d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35.162962963\">\n<p>Now, they\u2019ve got their own version out in the marketplace \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.escobarinc.com\/product\/flamethrower\/\"><strong>retails for $500<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 but more importantly, our Escobar sources say Roberto and la familia are weighing their options on potential legal action against Musk and TBC for alleged intellectual property theft.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6879f1f2bfcf347f97b47581cfbd9842\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Elon and co.\" alt=\"Elon and co.\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562832319_799_Pablo-Escobar039s-Bro-Considers-Suing-Elon-Musk-Over-Flamethrower-Idea.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">The Boring Company<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e867b7d82cab62b2fb7f10310bb6ca4b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Might be an uphill battle for the fellas down in Colombia \u2014 it\u2019s likely Elon got his own flamethrower patented from the jump \u2026 so proving anything they\u2019re claiming could be difficult in court, if not impossible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cb4ac71867bdc0315d014da7ff2e9777\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35.1871345029\">\n<p>But hey, crazier things have happened \u2026 like a Colombian drug lord running the international narcotics game for over two decades, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/06\/13\/elon-musk-tesla-fart-app-e3-2019\/\"><strong>a fart app<\/strong><\/a>. Light it up, Escobars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fdcd54d8d23ed6fb19b2dc2f105f9eed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Oh, and we\u2019ve reached out to The Boring Company for comment \u2026 so far, no word back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/11\/pablo-escobar-brother-elon-musk-flamethrower-idea\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/article>\n<p><!-- #post-## --><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/pablo-escobars-bro-considers-suing-elon-musk-over-flamethrower-idea\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive TMZ\/Getty Composite Pablo Escobar\u2018s brother says Elon Musk ripped off the \u201cnot-a-flamethrower\u201d idea and beat him to the punch \u2014 but now he\u2019s got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}