Electric carmaker Tesla has been ordered to pay almost $3.2m (£2.6m) to a black former worker after he won a racial harassment lawsuit.
Ednews reports foreign media that Owen Diaz, a lift operator from 2015 to 2016 at its Fremont factory, was subjected to a racially hostile work environment, a federal jury found.
However, the payment has been slashed by 98% from the $137m that he was originally awarded in 2021.
A judge ruled last year that the initial amount was excessive.
On Monday, Mr Diaz was awarded $3m in punitive damages and $175,000 in damages for emotional distress.
"If we had been allowed to introduce new evidence, the verdict would've been zero imo," Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said on Twitter.
"Jury did the best they could with the information they had. I respect the decision," he added.
Mr Musk did not provide details of what new evidence Tesla would have presented.
Tesla's lawyer Alex Spiro declined to comment. The company did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment.
