But this time, its the same execs who forced Musk to close his $44 billion acquisition in the first place, who are now claiming his goal was to cheat them out of $200 million before their stock options vested the next morning. They also have a remarkably thorough source to explain why he closed the deal and fired them when he did: Elon Musk himself, as quoted by Walter Isaacson in the biography released last year, Elon Musk. <\/p>\n
Theres a 200-million differential in the cookie jar between closing tonight and doing it tomorrow morning, he told me late Thursday afternoon in the war room as the plan unfolded. <\/p>\n
Another passage cited from the book calls out a conversation between Musk and his lawyer, Alex Spiro. [H]e tried to resign ... but we beat him, they said, specifically referring to Agrawal. By firing Agrawal before he was able to send a resignation letter, they apparently believed it would mean the company wouldnt have to pay his severance package. <\/p>\n
Despite claims made by Elon Musks X about negligence, waste, and misconduct, the lawsuit argues it was authorized by the companys board and necessary to do things like pay $90 million to the lawyers who forced Elon Musk to pay $44 billion for Twitter. <\/p>\n
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