The trial of Elon Musk, accused by investors of writing a fraudulent tweet, will begin on Tuesday in San Francisco after a judge on Friday rejected a request by the Tesla chief’s lawyers to move the case from California, AFP reported.

The case began in the summer of 2018, when Elon Musk tweeted that he had enough funds to take Tesla off the stock market, a message that sent the stock price tumbling for several days.

On August 10, a complaint was filed against the head of the company for “artificially manipulating the price of Tesla shares with the aim of completely ruining investors” who were betting on a drop in the share price.

Four and a half years later, the last barrier in this process seems to have been removed.

Judge Edward Chen refused to transfer the case to Texas, the US state where Elon Musk has moved Tesla’s headquarters, and jury selection is set to begin Tuesday, according to the court’s ruling.

The defense argued that the multi-billionaire could not get a fair trial in San Francisco, where he bought Twitter in late October and has faced widespread criticism for his decisions, from the platform’s content moderation policy to mass layoffs.

“In recent months, the local media has saturated the area with biased and negative stories about Mr. Musk,” the lawyers said in a statement last week.

On the other hand, Edward Chen said on Friday that an impartial jury could be convened in the California city, noting that “Mr. Musk has a lot of fans here,” according to Bloomberg.

In a previous ruling in the case, the judge found that the infamous 2018 tweet could be considered “false and misleading.”

The Tesla boss’s brief message has already gotten him into a lot of trouble with the authorities.