Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Sues Elon Musk

Former Senior Twitter Executives Are Suing Elon Musk

Twitter’s ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, along with the company's former chief legal and financial officers claim they are owed $1 million in legal fees from Twitter.

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Parag Agrawal and other former executives are seeking to be reimbursed for costs of litigation, investigations and congressional inquiries related to their former jobs.

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Court documents reveal Agrawal and then-chief financial officer Ned Segal testified to the SEC last year and "have continued to engage with federal authorities.”

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The US SEC is currently investigating whether Elon Musk complied to all the securities laws during Twitter acquisition.

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Elon Musk fired these top executives immediately after he completed the $44 billion acquisition.

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Agrawal and other executives claim that Twitter agreed to reimburse their legal fees, but have not done it so far.

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Twitter is also facing complaints of not paying rent or other bills as Musk went on a cost-cutting frenzy.

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