Lawyers for Elon Musk dialed upped the drama in Delaware Chancery Court today, insisting nothing less than “justice and truth” requires a three-week extension to the planned start date of a trial over whether the billionaire Tesla founder must honor his agreement to buy the social media platform.Proceedings are currently set for October 17.Musk inked the $44 billion deal in April and unilaterally terminated it in July, prompting Twitter’s lawsuit.
His case didn’t look superb but appeared to get a shot of adrenaline on news last month that Twitter’s former/fired head of security Peiter Zatko had filed a whistleblower complaint alleging lax cybersecurity and that the company uses spam accounts to boost user data.
The latter claim overlaps in part with Musk’s accusations that Twitter lies about the number of fake accounts on its platform.
The Musk camp had asked to amended its countersuit to reflect the whistleblower claims, and for a trial delay to explore them.“We are asking for a few weeks to get to the truth.
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