Twitter Calls Musk’s Bots Complaints ‘Irrelevant Sideshow’

The company dismissed Musk's complaints that he doesn't have enough information about robot accounts as irrelevant and urged a judge to hold a trial as soon as possible.

According to the nine-page filing, the earliest possible trial date is important. This is a very public dispute that harms the social networking site.

The world's richest man, Musk, backed out of the deal to buy the platform on July 8, accusing the company of not complying with the contract. It will take months to conduct a forensic review, and he wants a February trial.

When he signed the deal to buy the company, Musk was aware of the bot issue.

According to the filing, Musk is using his consent rights to straight-jacket the company. There is a cloud of doubt surrounding the trades of millions of Twitter shares. No public company of this size and scale has ever had to deal with uncertainty.

The Delaware judge who will try the case decided to hold the hearing on the internet because she has Covid. Her symptoms are mild.

The non-jury trial is scheduled to start in September. Lawyers for San Francisco-based Twitter said they need only four days to prove that Musk should honor his agreement to pay $54.20 a share for the social media platform The company's shares rose to $38.41 on Monday.

The case was heard in the Delaware Chancery court.

KurtWagner assisted.