Musk Sued for $128M by Twitter Execs He Fired, Responds With Laughing Emoji
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Elon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, was sued by 4 former Twitter executives for $128 million in severance pay after firing them post-acquisition.
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Musk responded on Twitter to jokes about the lawsuit by posting a crying-laughing emoji.
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The executives allege Musk fired them without cause to avoid paying their stock options and severance.
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Musk lost the title of world's richest person to Jeff Bezos during the same week as the lawsuit news.
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The former execs cite a Walter Isaacson biography passage about Musk wanting to fire executives before their stock options vested.