Don Lemon Quits X, Citing Elon Musk’s Change to Move Legal Disputes to Texas Courts
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Don Lemon, a one-time business partner of Elon Musk who’s now suing the tech mogul, is done with X.
The journalist and former CNN anchor announced that he’s leaving X before Nov. 15 — when a change in X’s terms of service will require all disputes with the company to be moved to courts in Texas.
In August, Lemon sued Musk and X (formerly known as Twitter) in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, alleging Musk and his social media company of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of Lemon’s name and likeness, and breach of express contract. “I’ve loved connecting with all of you on X, but it’s time for me to leave the platform,” Lemon wrote in a post on X Wednesday. “I once believed it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency and free speech, but I now feel it does not serve that purpose.” Lemon noted that beginning Friday, Nov.
15, X is implementing new terms of service, which among other things states that “All disputes… be brought exclusively in the U.S.
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