Cards Against Humanity—best known for its raunchy, creative, more-fun-than-Monopoly card game—has reached a settlement with SpaceX. The settlement stems from allegations of illegal trespass on a solar farm site in Texas. This settlement is reached just a few weeks before a key jury trial was set to start on November 3.
In 2017, the party game company Cards Against Humanity purchased the land. They wanted to formally fight former President Donald Trump’s efforts to build a border wall. An unusual aspect of the company’s initial $15 raise from 150k backers that made it to completing acquisition. They hoped to use the proceeds from an eventual settlement to pay these backers off. In a donor email sent Friday, Cards Against Humanity may have given their supporters the biggest scare them yet. They warned that the likelihood of getting anything awarded is slim.
“Were we hoping to be able to pay all our fans? Sure. We did warn them they would ‘probably only be able to get like $2 or most likely nothing,’” said a representative from Cards Against Humanity.
Unbeknownst to many, the company has all these years intentionally managed the land to preserve its natural beauty. They are genuinely interested in protecting the environment. During the discovery phase of the case, SpaceX came clean and admitted it had indeed trespassed on Cards Against Humanity’s property. His admission turned the tide of negotiations and carried them to an eventual settlement.
The corporation had originally asked for $15 million in compensatory damage. When asked what the biggest challenge was, they all pointed to the loss of vegetation on the 208 acres of land. Cards Against Humanity wrote that it is pleased to announce that SpaceX has left the construction site and removed its equipment. The settlement terms are still confidential.
The upside is that SpaceX has removed their construction equipment from our land and we’re able to work with a local landscaping company to restore the land to its natural state: devoid of space garbage and pointless border walls, the company stated.
SpaceX did not respond to The Associated Press, including multiple requests for comment regarding the settlement. It’s unclear what the company’s actual role in the matter was.
