A very long summary of who is suing Twitter and the Muskbrat

[thewayne]

All of these suits are just for failure to pay for services rendered or contracts in place. In several cases, the suits have been withdrawn by the plaintiff, potentially indicating a settlement.

Absolutely ridiculous. It also details the evictions.

I'd love to see these companies get court approval to file liens against other Muskbrat properties, like Tesla and SpaceX factories and lands.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/musks-unpaid-bills-dozens-of-lawsuits-try-to-force-twitter-aka-x-to-pay-up/

Comments

[dewline]

That would be Entertaining, yes.

And if his creditors actually managed to take the company away from him...? (Dare we hope?)

[thewayne]

There's a substantial amount of money that he owes claimed against him, but no where near the value of the company, real or imaginary.  And doubtful that they would want the company, for that matter.

[disneydream06]

Wonder how much hush money Musk is paying out? ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

I doubt he's paying any, at least to companies.  To women with whom he's fathered children, that may be a different story.  He apparently has the attitude that being one of the richest men in the world and having been forced into buying Twitter because he made a stupid promise and didn't do any due diligence, that he can absolutely dictate terms to all creditors, and that will supersede contracts in-place.  It will not.  A contract with Twitter pre-Muskbrat doesn't change just because ownership of the company changed.

[disneydream06]

He's one of those people I would love to turn the screws to. LOL..........

[silveradept]

I feel like he's following the footsteps of some other "businessman" who is currently trying to get a political appointment so that he can pardon himself for all the crimes he's committed. And if he is, Musk should pay much closer attention to how well the strategy of "don't pay them and make them sue" is turning out for the other guy.

[thewayne]

There's an interesting fact that a lot of rich people have poor credit scores because they don't pay bills on time.  Very strange behavior.  Normal people can't get away with it, yet they can.

[silveradept]

If your default position is that anyone who isn't willing to put in the money and time to sue you to make sure they get paid didn't deserve to get paid, you can get away with a lot and keep both the money and the services for yourself.

[thewayne]

And then get labeled/blackballed to be a cash-only customer at businesses in the known from that point onward.  At least if the businesses are smart.

[silveradept]

They usually are. Which is how those rich people accumulate so many people and companies that have either written them off or are suing them. They usually don't get to pull that stunt more than once.