A lawyer for Musk said that the company paid a whistle-blower $7 million to keep him quiet.
There was a mention of the payment at the hearing. Alex Spiro said at the hearing that the guy was being paid $7 million and made to be quiet. The reference was made to a payment to a whistle-blower.
Zatko was the company's former head of security. The payment was reported by the WSJ. According to the newspaper, the payment was part of a settlement related to Zatko's lost compensation after leavingTwitter. According to the Journal, the deal allowed Zatko to act as a whistle-blower about his time at the social media company.
Musk walked away from the deal after he claimed that the platform misled him and investors about the number of accounts. Musk wants to get out of a deal in which the world's richest person is accused of developing buyer's remorse.
The trial of the lawsuit will be held in October. Musk was given the go-ahead to add Zatko's allegations to his counterclaims. She rejected his attempt to delay the trial.
According to the billionaire, Zatko was fired from the social media platform after raising concerns about the security and privacy of the customers. According to Musk, Zatko's claims bolster his argument that he was right to reject the deal.
Zatko's complaints were dismissed by the lawyers as being motivated to harm the company he was fired from.
Spiro said the whistle-blower didn't just take his money and leave his issues behind. He contacted regulators with his complaints. Zatko is going to testify before a Senate committee next week and has also been subpoenaed to testify in the case.
Spiro said that they paid him $7 million. If he really wanted money, then how come he's still doing this if he doesn't want justice?
The case was heard in the Delaware Chancery court.
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