Tesla owner in Dallas sues vandal after Model X slashed in airport parking lot

A Dallas antheral whose Tesla Model X was vandalized successful the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport parking batch is suing the vandal for much than $1 million.

The suspect, Rafael Hernandez, was arrested March 22 connected a transgression mischief complaint by the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office aft helium was recorded by the Tesla’s built-in cameras striking the near broadside of the electric-powered vehicle.

The victim, who is choosing to stay anonymous, was traveling erstwhile his Tesla was damaged successful the airdrome parking lot. In the footage obtained by Fox, Hernandez tin beryllium seen pulling an entity retired of his pouch and forcing it into the broadside of the Model X. 

The Tesla proprietor told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation that the "motives were wrong, and [Hernandez’s] acts were intentional — it is for a justice and assemblage to decide, based connected the facts, what his punishment should be. I judge powerfully that I was targeted due to the fact that my car is simply a Tesla. I didn’t adjacent recognize that this nationwide Tesla onslaught was adjacent a happening — until I was thrown into that world. What’s important to maine is that it happened, it was intentional, and it was wrong. As a result, I’ve been thrown into a nightmare, and I don’t privation this to hap to anyone else."

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A antheral was seen connected camera keying a Tesla successful the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport parking lot. The suspect, Rafael Hernandez, was arrested March 22 connected a transgression mischief charge. (Fox News)

Fox News Digital reached retired to the lawyer representing Hernandez, but helium could not beryllium reached for comment. 

The suit filed by the unfortunate outlines "Individual owners of Tesla vehicles, similar Plaintiff, are being targeted and victimized by ongoing transgression behaviour and action. This has culminated successful the ‘Tesla Takedown’ movement, wherever definite activists are urging consumers to divest from Tesla products and are organizing protests and different activities that are explicitly oregon implicitly urging carnal harm and/or unit against Tesla owners and/or their Tesla vehicles. Plaintiff precocious became a people and unfortunate of this transgression behaviour and action."

One outspoken dependable of the "Tesla Takedown" movement, Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, told attendees astatine a virtual rally earlier this period that the Department of Government Efficiency caput and Tesla laminitis Elon Musk indispensable beryllium "taken down."

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The victim's attorney, Majed Nachawati, right, spoke with Fox News Digital astir the incident. (Fox News)

On Saturday, demonstrators gathered at more than 500 Tesla locations worldwide successful a "Global Day of Action" to protestation the Musk-founded car company. 

In an interview, Majed Nachawati, the lawyer representing the Dallas-based Tesla proprietor successful the lawsuit, told Fox News Digital that owning a car shouldn’t beryllium political. "Whether you're a Republican oregon a Democrat, this is simply a escaped country. You're entitled to thrust immoderate you want, arsenic agelong arsenic it's ineligible and wrong the confines of the law, and you should consciousness harmless and unafraid successful doing so, which, successful my opinion, is wherefore the authorities connected the instrumentality enforcement broadside are taking these cases precise seriously." 

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Nachawati went connected to explicate the value of consequences for those vandalizing the vehicles, saying "It's a slippery slope, wherever does it end? Right? Fortunately, you know, my client's car was keyed. He wasn't injured himself, and helium wasn't successful the vehicle. But others haven't been truthful lucky, and truthful if this continues, you know, it's a good enactment betwixt having a civilian nine and chaos."

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FBI Director Kash Patel, who recently launched a task unit to ace down connected convulsive attacks against the car brand, warned Tesla dealerships and owners to "exercise vigilance and look retired for suspicious activity" up of this past weekend’s wide protests.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office, but they could not beryllium reached for comment.