The stock price of US electric vehicle maker Tesla fell 6.42% on the 20th local time, crashing in the $700 range.
It is the first time since August of last year that Tesla stock plunged to the $600 level.
Tesla stock plummeted following allegations of sexual harassment by CEO Elon Musk surfaced, Archyde.com reported.
The day before, American economic media Business Insider reported that Musk was being accused of touching the body of a flight attendant and demanding sexual acts on a SpaceX exclusive jet en route to London, England in 2016.
After that, in 2018, Musk and SpaceX paid the flight attendant $ 250,000, or regarding 320 million won, as a settlement money, the media reported.
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