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Elon Musk Posts Crying-Laughing Emoji in Response to $128 Million Lawsuit by Fired Twitter Executives
Elon Musk was sued by four former Twitter executives, whom he fired after closing the $44 billion deal, seeking $128 million in severance payments.
The execs — former CEO Parag Agrawal; ex-CFO Ned Segal; Vijaya Gadde, formerly Twitter’s head of legal, policy and trust, and safety; and former general counsel Sean Edgett — allege he collectively owes them $128 million in severance pay after being wrongfully terminated. In what appears to be his first public comment on the litigation, Musk — a notorious fan of internet memes — posted the tears of joy emoji on X in response to a user’s sarcastic remark about the case. According to the lawsuit filed by the ex-Twitter executives, “Because Musk decided he didn’t want to pay Plaintiffs’ severance benefits, he simply fired them without reason, then made up fake cause and appointed employees of his various companies to uphold his decision.
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