This comes as Musk fights a lawsuit from Twitter asking him to complete the takeover, after his announcement in July that he would leave just a few months after finalizing the $44 billion agreement in April.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has approached court to summon his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a bid to back out of the USD 44 billion agreement to acquire the micro-blogging site, said a report in AP citing court documents. Jack Dorsey is also the co-founder of Twitter.
As Legal Battle Heats Up, Elon Musk subpoenas Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
Musk has claimed that Twitter failed to provide adequate information about the number of fake, or “spam bot”, Twitter accounts, and that it has breached its obligations under the deal by firing top managers and laying off a significant number of employees.
Musk’s team expects more information about the bot numbers to be revealed in the trial court discovery process, when both sides must hand over evidence.
Twitter is seeking documents and messages from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, David Sacks, and Steve Jurvetson. Some of them have been involved in financing Musk’s purchase.
Meanwhile, Musk’s lawyers have filed dozens of subpoena requests asking for information about fake accounts on Twitter.
When Is The Case Planned For?
The case is scheduled for a 5-day trial on October 17.
The judge granted Musk’s requests to subpoena communications from Kayvon Beykpour, former head of consumer product, and Bruce Falck, former head of revenue product, who were both dismissed by CEO Parag Agrawal in May.
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