Tesla is the latest company to be drawn into the Elon Musk-Twitter legal mess

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According to a new subpoena filed August 2nd, the social media company wants all of the documents and communications related to Musk's attempt to take over the company. The electric car maker was drawn into the mess that Musk created when he first proposed a plan to buy the social networking site.

The Delaware court is being sued to force Musk to go through with his purchase of the company. Musk is trying to walk away from the deal, because he claims that they violated their agreement by not revealing accurate information. Musk signed a contract to buy the company, and is using fake accounts as a ruse to get out of the deal, according to the social network.

All communications between Musk and Musk and his co-investors, as well as all documents related to the $8.4 billion worth, were included in the subpoena.

Musk is the biggest shareholder of the company with about 175 million shares. Musk has sold a lot of shares in the past. He sold 15 million shares last year for more than $16 billion. The market opened today and the share price ofTesla is up a bit.

The $6.25 billion margin loan commitment was taken out by Musk. After bringing in co-investors on the deal, the CEO decided to reduce the margin loan to $6.25 billion. In April, Musk lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy the social networking site.

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All documents and communications related to Musk's "tender offer" for some or all ofTwitter's shares, as well as any internal documents related to Musk's May 13th announcement that the deal was "on hold" pending additional information, will need to be handed over byTesla

Considering thatTesla dissolved its public relations division in the middle of the year, and ignores reporters' requests for comment, this could be interesting.

As the trial in Delaware Court of Chancery nears, a flurry of information requests has been sent by the legal team for the company. A number of leading tech CEOs and venture capitalists have been subpoenaed by the social networking site.

The company has seven days to comply with the subpoena.