It's official — Jack Dorsey will be deposed on Tuesday as part of Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter court battle
- Jack Dorsey will be questioned under oath on Tuesday regarding Elon Musk's legal battle with Twitter.
- Musk's legal team subpoenaed the Twitter cofounder as a part of a slew of legal requests in August.
Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey will be questioned under oath on Tuesday morning as a part of the discovery process in Elon Musk's legal battle with Twitter, Bloomberg first reported.
The deposition will take place on Zoom, the publication said. Musk's legal team originally subpoenaed former Dorsey in August.
Twitter is suing Musk to force him to buy the company for $44 billion after attempting to walk away from the purchase in July. Musk has since countersued the company.
A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment. Dorsey did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication.
Musk's original legal request calls for any documents or communications Dorsey might possess dating back to January 1, 2019 related to the merger, "the impact or effect of false or spam accounts on Twitter's business and operations," and any systems Twitter has used or discussed related to detecting and labeling spam accounts.
The billionaire's legal team has accused Twitter of operating a "scheme" to mislead investors regarding the company's prospects and intentionally "miscounting" the number of spam accounts on the site. Meanwhile, Twitter has said Musk's complaints are merely an excuse for him to walk away from the deal.
Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter, stepped down as CEO of the social media company in November, leaving the company to current CEO Parag Agrawal.
Dorsey is a longtime friend of Musk. He supported the billionaire when he attempted to take a seat on Twitter's board in April, prior to deciding to purchase the company outright. In April, Dorsey said Musk was the "singular solution I trust" when it came to leading the company.
Dorsey has also been receptive to Musk's feedback on the company in the past and has been critical of leadership since he left Twitter to focus on running Block.
Over the past month, both sides of the court battle have submitted over 100 subpoenas. In August, Musk's legal team submitted several legal filings, including subpoenas to two former Twitter employees and several companies, including Discord.
Twitter has also issued a slew of legal requests to some of Musk's closest associates, including PayPal cofounder David Sacks and billionaire Larry Ellison. At the time, Sacks said he planned to fight the subpoena and dubbed the legal requests "a giant harassing fishing expedition."
Last week, Twitter slammed Musk's third attempt to get out of the Twitter deal as "invalid and wrongful." The billionaire's legal team's latest argument focuses on an explosive whistleblower report from a former security chief at Twitter.
The five-day court battle is set to take place in early October. Multiple experts previously told Insider that Musk faces an uphill battle in his efforts to get out of the deal due to the ironclad contract he signed earlier this year.