Twitter asks judge to order Elon Musk to return texts sent between January and July

Not so long ago, Elon Musk complained that Twitter was asking him to share documents from anyone who had a conversation with him. Now it looks like Twitter, Inc.'s TWTR has made it official and asked the Delaware Chancery Court to help them get those texts.

Twitter asked Judge Kathaleen McCormick to order Musk and Jared Birchall, who manages the Tesla, Inc. CEO's home office TSLA, to submit texts for the period of January 1 to July 8, a court document filed by Twitter on Friday broadcasts.

“Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this order, defendants shall produce to plaintiff all text messages in their possession, custody or control sent or received by Mr. Musk and/or Mr. Birchall between January 1, 2022 and July 8, 2022, whether or not such messages respond to one of Plaintiff's document requests, except that Defendants may delete personally identifiable information of these messages," Twitter's attorney said in the filing.

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Twitter also requested that Musk be made available to be deposed within seven calendar days, to answer questions about responses from his legal team.

Musk announced on July 8 that he intended to terminate a previously reached agreement to take Twitter private for $54.20 per share. The billionaire claimed Twitter may be grossly underestimating the number of bot accounts. The social media platform responded to the scuttled deal by filing a lawsuit to enforce the deal, which will go to a hearing on October 17.

Twitter lawyers allege Musk failed to act in good faith by not producing the text during pre-trial information exchanges. On the other hand, Musk attorney Alex Spiro reportedly told Bloomberg that it was Twitter that withheld information and witnesses and that the recent development is the company's attempt to cover up its own flaws.

Twitter closed Friday's session at almost $38.63, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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