Cards Against Humanity settles trespass lawsuit against SpaceX

Cards Against Humanity, the outrageous party game company known for its provocative humor, has settled its trespassing lawsuit against SpaceX, a year after filing and launching a complaint. A profanity-laced marketing campaign Against Elon Musk’s Rocket Company.

The dispute centers on a plot of land along the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, which Cards Against Humanity purchased in 2017. The company crowdfunded 150,000 separate $15 donations ($2.25 million in total) from supporters who wanted to help block President Donald Trump’s border wall.

The land is located right next to where SpaceX is building its Starbase rocket complex, a launch facility for the company’s spacecraft. This became an issue in 2024 when Cards Against Humanity accused SpaceX of trespassing on the property and dumping construction equipment and materials there. (A lawyer for SpaceX and the rocket company did not respond to requests for comment.)

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Cards Against Humanity was seeking $15 million and told backers who helped fund the land that they expected to pay as much as $100 from each of their proceeds. But those backers won’t get cash; Instead, they can sign up for “a new mini-pack of exclusive cards about Elon Musk,” a special expansion for the popular party game, according to a Email they just received.

In a statement to TechCrunch, Cards Against Humanity said, “We’re happy to stand up to an extremist like Kasturi. We’re happy to be forced to settle.” The company said SpaceX has removed its construction equipment and is “working to recover” Cards Against Humanity. [the land] In its natural state: space devoid of trash and pointless boundary walls.”

The Cards Against Humanity crowd fund purchased the land in 2017 through 150,000 separate $15 donations ($2.25 million in total) from supporters who helped build the border wall.

The plot sits on the banks of the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, and is right next to where SpaceX is building its Starbase rocket complex, a launch facility for the company’s spacecraft. This became an issue last year when Cards Against Humanity accused SpaceX of both trespassing on property and dumping construction equipment and materials. (A lawyer for SpaceX and the rocket company did not respond to requests for comment.)

“Unfortunately, an even richer, more racist billionaire — Elon Musk — has snuck up on us from behind and completely taken your land with gravel, tractors and space junk,” Cards Against Humanity told the same supporters in an email sent last year.

The gaming company sued SpaceX for $15 million, and promised to distribute any prize equally to those backers — up to a maximum of $100 each. It even launched a website called “www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com”.

Cards Against Humanity said at the time that it had “a longstanding reputation as a company that makes outrageous promises and keeps them.” But it warned those backers in an email that “Musk has a lot more money and lawyers than we do, so you’ll probably get $2 tops.”

Now, they won’t even get that amount.

“So while we can’t give you what you really want––cash from Elon Musk––we’re with our best, sexiest customers… Comedy!” the company wrote in an email sent Monday, referring to the new mini-pack of cards.

The case was quickly moved. Both sides have already gone through the discovery process, where both sides exchange evidence before trial, and a trial was scheduled for November. Cards Against Humanity told TechCrunch on Monday that SpaceX even admitted to violations during the discovery, which the gaming company called “a real piece of evidence.”

Cards Against Humanity said Monday it was “prepared to go to trial and we are confident we will win.” But the company ultimately decided that a trial “would cost us more than we could win from SpaceX.”

“Under Texas law, we likely won’t be able to recover our legal fees. We had the truth, but Musk and SpaceX could easily outbid us,” the company said.

Kasturi is well known for his willingness to fight his alleged enemies – and his companies – in court. He once claimed That Tesla’s “hardcore litigation department” “will never surrender/settle any wrongful case against us, even if we probably lose.”

Nevertheless, Musk and his companies often persist. The Cards Against Humanity case is not the first this year. Earlier this month, X Settling a complaint filed by former Twitter executives. Tesla has settled several Autopilot-related lawsuits. An Autopilot case that Tesla hasn’t settled — despite It has the opportunity to do so — became his highest-profile court loss to date.