Elon Musk filed a motion on Friday opposing Twitter's request to fast-track a trial over his plan to terminate his $44 billion deal for the social media firm.
The notice came as Musk and his legal team have been disputing Twitter's internal estimates that spam and fake accounts make up less than 5% of its users.
Musk's lawyers say the dispute is fundamental to Twitter's value and extremely fact and expert-intensive and will take substantial time for discovery.They are asking for a trial date on or after Feb. 13 next year. Elon Musk’s Twitter account is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of the homepage of the Twitter website.
However, if a trial is pushed that far back there are concerns the deal could collapse as the debt financing package committed by banks for the acquisition expires in April 2023.
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