Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128m in severance pay
Al Jazeera
Ex-CEO Parag Agrawal and other top executives accuse Musk of believing ‘rules don’t apply to him’.
Former top Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, have sued Elon Musk seeking more than $128m in unpaid severance.
In the lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court on Monday, the four former executives accused the Tesla CEO of firing them without cause and demonstrating a “cavalier attitude” towards his financial obligations.
“Under Musk’s control, Twitter has become a scofflaw, stiffing employees, landlords, vendors, and others,” the plaintiffs said in the 39-page lawsuit.
“Musk doesn’t pay his bills, believes the rules don’t apply to him, and uses his wealth and power to run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him.”
The former executives – also including ex-CFO Ned Segal, ex-chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde and former General Counsel Sean Edgett – say they are owed one year’s salary and stock options.
