Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings ‘without cause’

Mr Musk bought Twitter for 44 billion dollars, or 54.20 dollars per share, taking control in October 2022 (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)

Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X, saying they are entitled to a total of more than 128 million dollars (£100.9 million) in unpaid severance payments.

Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, chief legal counsel Vijaya Gadde and general counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed on Monday that they were fired without a reason on the day that Mr Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, which he later rebranded as X, in 2022.