With the subpoena, made public in court filings on Monday, Musk’s legal team seeks a wide range of information from Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO of Twitter last November and remained on the board until late May, a month after the company agreed to sell itself to the Tesla CEO.
Musk’s legal team is asking for all documents and communications regarding the merger agreement as well as those “reflecting, referring to, or relating to the impact or effect of false or spam accounts on Twitter’s business and operations.”
Musk is attempting to back out of the proposed $44 billion merger agreement after accusing the company of misrepresenting the number of bot and spam accounts on the platform. Twitter has accused Musk of using the bots as an excuse to get out of the deal after market conditions changed.
The subpoena of Dorsey, one of several issued by Musk’s team and made public in court filings on Monday, is the latest indication that the legal battle between the two parties is heating up.
Court filings on Monday indicate that Dorsey accepted the service of the subpoena. The five-day trial between Twitter and Musk is scheduled to kick off in October.
