Once again this week, billionaire Elon Musk’s penchant for throwing insults when testifying under oath will be tested as lawyers for Twitter Inc are expected to question the chief executive of Tesla Inc about the sudden decision he made in July to withdraw from the deal to buy the aforementioned social networking company for a price of 44 billion dollars (45.69 billion euros).
Testifying in previous legal battles, the world’s richest man has called opposing lawyers “reprehensible”, questioned their happiness and accused them of “blackmail”. He asked a lawyer if the offer of his services was in the context of an emergency, as his client was behind on child support payments.
“So is it possible that the offer of your services is extraordinary or are you being paid with the child’s money?” Is it more of the two going on?” Musk asked a lawyer for a whistleblower in a case involving Tesla, according to a transcript of a deposition he gave in 2020.
Musk’s important Twitter testimony will take place behind closed doors. A court document last week said Musk’s testimony was scheduled to begin yesterday, Monday, and last until Wednesday if necessary. Sources with knowledge of this deposition said that he did not testify yesterday, Monday, and it is not known when his testimony will begin, nor did they give any reason for its delay.
His lawyers Elon Musk They want him to focus on the questions, but that will be a challenge for such an intelligent and strongly opinionated witness, said James Morse, a corporate attorney not involved in the litigation.
The price of its shares Twitter rose 0.4% to $41.58 (€43.18) on Friday.
A five-day trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 17 in Wilmington, Delaware. Dozens of depositions are scheduled to be taken in the case, including one from Twitter executive Parag Agrawal, as each opposing side questions witnesses and gathers evidence in the case.
Agrawal was scheduled to answer questions from Musk’s lawyers at a law office in San Francisco at 9 a.m. (local time) yesterday, according to a court document. However, imgs said that this filing was also postponed, without giving any reason.
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey was scheduled to testify last week.
Source: News Beast
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