Elon Musk is Getting Sued for $128 Million

X Corp. CEO Elon Musk is being sued for $128 million dollars in a lawsuit that alleges several former Twitter executives are still due unpaid severances. Multiple lawsuits have been lobbed at the social media CEO in recent months, including Grimes suing Elon Musk in October of last year. With Musk's personal and professional decisions continuing to raise eyebrows, this new lawsuit has once again fueled discussion among audiences.

After purchasing Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk began an extensive «restructuring» process, in which a vast number of employees across various departments were fired or laid off. Included in this reorganization were several executive level staff, who now claim in a lawsuit that Musk fired them without cause and still owes them millions of dollars in severance pay.

First reported by The Associated Press via NPR, Twitter's former CEO, CFO, Chief Legal Counsel, and General Counsel have filed a joint lawsuit against Elon Musk and X Corp. for $128 million in overdue severances. The former executives allege that Musk fired them without cause, vaguely citing «gross negligence and willful misconduct,» in order to swiftly remove and replace them with employees from his other companies. According to the lawsuit, the severance plans entitle the former executives to one year's pay plus stock option payouts, none of which have yet been paid by Musk. As Elon Musk is suing OpenAI himself, this lawsuit by former executives is adding to a growing number of legal challenges against the CEO and X Corp.

While Elon Musk and X Corp. continue to face multiple lawsuits from former employees and mounting questions from shareholders, other technology companies are also finding themselves in the legal crosshairs. The massive antitrust lawsuit against Google by Epic Games and gender discrimination settlement by Activision Blizzard are just a couple of the dozens of legal battles faced by technology giants in recent months. Sony, Roblox, Niantic and Apple have also been in