Elon Musk-run social media platform X has been sued by a former Twitter board member for $20 million.
Omid Kordestani, former Twitter (now called X) executive chairman, has sued the social media platform, claiming that Musk refused to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares that belong to him, according to reports.
Reports further said that Kordestani had received most of his compensation in stock but after Musk bought the company, he allegedly refused to pay him for those shares, according to the lawsuit.
Musk or X were yet to comment on the lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco.
Kordestani had joined Twitter’s board in 2015. He supervised the sale of the company to Musk in October 2022.
According to the lawsuit, X platform “seeks to reap the benefits of Kordestani’s seven years of service to Twitter without paying him for it”.
The Musk-run platform “refuses to meet those obligations, adding to a long list of unpaid bills accruing under Musk’s watch,” the lawsuit added.
