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Another day , another lawsuitinvolving Elon Musk . Four former Twitter executives , admit ex - CEO Parag Agrawal , process Musk on Monday , alleging that they ’re owe over $ 128 million in severance requital .
When Musk bought Twitter ( now X ) , one of hisvery first movesas the company ’s owner was to fire Agrawal , CFO Ned Segal , and lawyers Sean Edgett and Vijaya Gadde . According to the cause , Musk has a “ special ire ” toward these former executive , who worked hard to hold Musk to his $ 44 billion consignment when he tried toback out . The cause quotes Walter Isaacson ’s biography of Elon Musk , which quotes Musk as saying he would “ hunt every single one ” of Twitter ’s ampere-second - retinue “ till the day they go . ”
Musk has been a vocal critic of Gadde in particular , who was involved in several high - profile content moderation decision on Twitter . After pose in his bid to buy Twitter , he postedmemesmocking the administrator , which sparked a moving ridge of racist onlineattacksagainst her .
It ’s not just these executives who have n’t catch their severance pay . Musk has facedseverallawsuitsfrom former Twitter employees who are also waiting for a check . Under Musk ’s possession , the company has stop pay rent on some of its offices , which has led to even more lawsuits andevictions .
According to the lawsuit , Musk claimed that these executives dedicate “ gross negligence ” and “ willful wrongdoing ” in their outcome letter , but never was able to show grounds of his allegations .
“ This is the Musk playbook : to keep the money he owes other multitude , and force them to sue him , ” the lawsuit register . “ Even in defeat , Musk can impose postponement , hassle , and expense on others less capable to give it . ”
Elon Musk process OpenAI and Sam Altman over ‘ betrayal ’ of non-profit-making AI mission
