former social network executives sue Musk for nearly $130 million unpaid

They accuse him of having dismissed them for “gross negligence” in order not to pay their severance pay.

Four former executives of Twitter (formerly

They are demanding more than $128 million from the entrepreneur who bought Twitter, now X, for $44 billion on October 27, 2022, according to a court document published in the New York Times.

Elon Musk, already boss of Tesla and SpaceX, fired the same day the former boss of Twitter Parag Agrawal, the financial director Ned Segal, and the legal and legal directors, Vijaya Gadde and Sean Edgett, for “gross negligence” and ” intentional misconduct.”

Fired for a “false reason”

“Because Musk decided he didn’t want to pay the plaintiffs’ severance pay, he simply fired them for no reason and then made up a false reason,” accuse the four former executives. They explain that their dismissal letters did not cite “no facts” and “Musk’s employees then spent a year trying to find facts to support his pre-established conclusion, to no avail”.

More than a year of administrative back and forth has passed. “That’s the rule of the Musk game: keep the money he owes other people and force them to sue him. Even if he loses, Elon Musk can impose delays, hassles and expenses to other people who cannot afford them”assert the plaintiffs.

Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, bought Twitter after six months of attacks on the social network against its operations, its managers and its employees, and legal twists and turns. In April 2022, he notably relayed a derogatory tweet about Vijaya Gadde, the lawyer responsible for the regulations and security of the platform, then split into a meme (parody image) to make fun of her and content moderation.