Elon Musk’s attorneys sparked drama in Delaware Chancery Court today, insisting on “fairness and truth” that the scheduled start date of a trial to determine whether billionaire Tesla founder should honor a purchase agreement will last three weeks. social media platform.
The trial is scheduled for October 17.
Musk signed the $ 44 billion deal in April and unilaterally terminated it in July, prompting a Twitter lawsuit. His case didn’t sound very positive, but last month he seemed to be having an adrenaline rush with the news that former Twitter security chief Peter Zatko filed a complaint for allegedly lax cybersecurity and that the company is using spam accounts to extort money and user data. This latest claim coincides in part with Musk’s allegations that Twitter is lying about the number of fake accounts on its platform. Musk’s camp requested a modified lawsuit to reflect the whistleblower’s claims and delay the process to investigate them.
“We are asking for several weeks to get to the truth. Doesn’t justice need a few weeks to realize this? said Andrew Rossman, Musk’s attorney.
Twitter initially argued, and the judge agreed, that a swift trial was needed to protect Twitter’s business from prolonged uncertainty. Its shareholders will vote on the deal next week.
Twitter attorney William Savitt called Zatko a “disgruntled employee” who “never said a word about spam or bots until he started supporting Mr. Musk.”
“Twitter agrees to judge all allegations by the defendant, no matter how unfounded or ineffective. But we ask, we implore, the necessary prompt justice. “Whatever the outcome, this case can and should go to court in October,” she said.
Twitter says Zatko’s claims during and after his tenure were “thorough investigation” and deemed unfounded. The company said it was unaware of the whistleblower’s complaint (filed in July) until it was reported in the press. Zatko is expected to testify before Congress this month.
Musk “carried it on himself,” Savitt said. Twitter was “minding its own business” when “Mr. Musk shows up and decides to turn Twitter into a fun toy. When the stock market crashed, Musk just changed his mind and came up with an excuse to quit,” says Twitter. accusing Camp Musk of attack and delay “Another round that cannot be verified”.
“What they want is to use this process as a fishing expedition,” the lawyer said.
During the three and a half hour hearing, both sides discussed at length the speed, scope, and completeness of the other party’s discovery process. And what may emerge in future tests is a conflict over how to handle Slack channel discovery: it should be broadcast in a full stream, which can be redundant, or treated as text messages and resolved one by one. , which takes a long time.
Today the judge did not pronounce on the date of the hearing or on the other motions.
Source: Deadline
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