India, May 10 -- Douglas Altshuler, a former employee of SpaceX, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, claiming that he was monitored, punished and eventually dismissed for using the restroom excessively due to a persistent medical condition.

The 58-year-old man recently filed a federal complaint in California, alleging that Musk's firm discriminated against him due to his Crohn's disease, which leads to frequent and unexpected bowel motions.

Crohn's disease is "a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes swelling and irritation of the tissues, called inflammation, in the digestive tract," stated Mayo Clinic.

The disease results in fatigue, weight loss, severe diarrhea, stomach pain, and malnutrition.

Altshule...