Elon Musk lawyer urged the Judge to delay trial of ending $44 billion Twitter deal to facilitate Musk to investigate claims of a whistleblower about lack of security arrangements in the social medial network.
“Doesn’t justice demand a few weeks to look into this?” said Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, at a hearing in Wilmington, Delaware.
In August, a whistleblower allegations came to the limelight that provided Musk a much-needed justification to avoid payment of $1 billion fee for terminating $44 billion deal with Twitter Inc.
Peiter Zatko, former head of Twitter data security and a renowned hacker famous as “Mudge,” claimed in a complaint to social media regulators that Twitter made a false claim of having a solid data security plan.
Twitter has turned down Zatko’s allegations and its lawyer accused Elon Musk of seizing on the whistleblower allegations to cover up the fact that he supposedly rushed into buying the company without assessing the risks.
“Mr. Musk is blaming Twitter for his failing to do customary due diligence,” said William Savitt, an attorney for Twitter. He urged the judge to prevent Musk from adding whistleblower claims to his lawsuit but said if allowed, the five-day trial should begin on October 17 as scheduled.
