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Civil Rights

Nov. 6, 2026

Tesla disputes claim it withheld evidence in Fremont discrimination case

Tesla denies withholding worker data and internal complaints in a racial discrimination case, accusing California civil rights officials of trying to overcome evidentiary shortcomings after the trial's first phase conclude

Tesla has accused California civil rights officials of trying to overcome shortcomings in their racial discrimination case by claiming the automaker deliberately withheld employee data and internal complaint records during the first phase of trial.

"CRD's conduct is nothing but revisionist history," Tyree P. Jones of Polsinelli LLP wrote in Tesla's opposition to the California Civil Rights Department's motion asking the court to draw adverse inferences from al...

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