Elon Musk Will Sit for Deposition in Twitter Case Next Week

Elon Musk is scheduled to answer questions on Sept. 26 and 27 from Twitter Inc.’s lawyers on his failed $44 billion purchase of the company, according to a court filing.

Elon Musk is scheduled to answer questions on Sept. 26 and 27 from Twitter Inc.’s lawyers on his failed $44 deal.  (AP)

Elon Musk is scheduled to answer questions on Sept. 26 and 27 from Twitter Inc.'s lawyers on his failed $44 billion purchase of the company, according to a court filing.

The deposition, which will take place behind closed doors at a law office in Wilmington, Delaware, may be extended into a third day if needed.

Musk's attorney, Alex Spiro, will have to sit for his own deposition on Sept. 25, according to a separate filing. Spiro has argued some of the issues before the judge in this case.

Musk backed away from his planned purchase of Twitter earlier this year, claiming the company hadn't leveled with him about the number of spam and bot accounts among its more than 230 million users. Twitter says the concerns are a pretext to get out of a deal over which the world's richest person began to experience buyer's remorse, and it filed suit against him in Delaware Chancery Court.

The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 17 and last five days. Dozens of individuals, banks and companies have been subpoenaed in the case.