Elon Musk to take stand in Twitter shareholder trial accusing him of deflating stock before purchase

Associated Press (AP)CenterEN 3 min read 100% complete by By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKEMarch 4, 2026 at 09:23 AM

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Elon Musk is facing a shareholder trial in San Francisco, beginning Wednesday, over accusations that he deliberately lowered Twitter's stock price before acquiring the company in 2022. The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, represents shareholders who sold Twitter stock between May and October 2022. They allege Musk violated securities laws by making false statements about spam accounts, causing the stock to decline after he initially announced his intent to purchase Twitter for $44 billion in April 2022. Specifically, shareholders claim Musk falsely declared the deal "temporarily on hold" and inflated the number of fake accounts to depress the stock price. The lawsuit argues that Musk's actions aimed to either delay or exit the deal, despite waiving due diligence, ultimately harming investors.

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