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Elon Musk files counter suit against Twitter over $44bn deal

Elon Musk lines suit against Twitter over$ 44bn deal 


The Tesla master says the purchase deal is null as Twitter misled him regarding its census of fake and spam accounts. 


Elon Musk has filed claims against Twitter as he fights the tech establishment’s action demanding he be held to his$ 44bn purchase deal. 

 

Musk mounted a legal defence against Twitter’s claim that he's contractually bound to complete the deal he signed in April, the Chancery Court in the state of Delaware said in a notice on Friday. 


The Tesla master asked Twitter’s board with a$54.20 per- share offer. But on July 8, he blazoned he was “ terminating ” their agreement on allegations the establishment misled him regarding its census of fake and spam accounts. 

 

Twitter sued days latterly, calling the fake account claims a distraction and saying Musk was bound by the junction contract to close the deal at$54.20 per share. 


Musk’s 164- runner complaint was submitted as “ nonpublic, ” but rules of the court bear him to submit a public interpretation of the form with sensitive information redacted. 

 

Chancery Court Chief Judge Kathaleen St J McCormick has ordered a five- day trial to begin on October 17, rather of two weeks in February coming time as the billionaire requested. 


Twitter, whose stock price closed at$41.61 on Friday, stuck by its estimates regarding accounts run by software “ bots ” rather than people, and argued that Musk is contriving defenses to back out of the contract. 


The social media mammoth indicted the billionaire of seeking huge quantities of data that are inapplicable to the main issue in the case whether he'd violated the deal contract. 

 

McCormick on Friday appeared to anticipate the contestation. “ This order doesn't resolve any specific discovery controversies, including the propriety of any requests for large data sets, ” the judge said. 


The social media platform has prompted shareholders to plump the deal, setting a vote on the junction for September 13. 

 

 “ We're committed to closing the junction on the price and terms agreed upon withMr. Musk, ” Twitter principal superintendent Parag Agrawal and board president Bret Taylor said in a dupe of a letter to investors. 


Musk was also sued on Friday by Luigi Crispo, who owns,500 Twitter shares. Crispo asked the court to order the billionaire to close the deal, arguing he'd traduced his fiduciary duty to Twitter shareholders and award damages for losses he caused. 


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