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Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk filed a countersuit against Twitter on Friday, intensifying the conflict between the Tesla CEO and the social networking company he agreed to buy, but the lawsuit is not yet available to the public.
It was not clear why Musk asked the court to keep the details of his counterclaim secret, after the billionaire, who is also the CEO of SpaceX, has been vocally critical of Twitter on social media and in press interviews in recent months.
On April 25, 2022, Twitter and Musk announced that Musk would buy the social networking company and take it private for about $44 billion. Shortly after Musk closed the $44 billion deal, the market slump sent tech stocks, including Tesla and Twitter, lower.
Soon after they signed the deal, Musk accused Twitter of lying about the number of spam and bot accounts on its platform and denied him access to information about their handling of those accounts. Musk formally said he wanted to close the deal earlier this month, and Twitter sued him in Delaware Court of Chancery to force him to honor the deal.
Musk’s legal team filed a confidential counterclaim in a Delaware court on Friday, meaning a copy was not immediately available to the public, but a version of it could be released in the near future with sensitive details redacted.
The judge hearing the case, Chancellor Kathleen St. J. McCormick, on Thursday evening issued an order that sets a schedule, including a five-day trial to begin on October 17.
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