Twitter subpoenaed an official who represents a trust run by Larry Ellision, the cofounder of Oracle, which financed $1 billion for Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of the microblogging site,  according to a Bloomberg report.

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Philip Simon, an accountant who oversees the Ellison Trust has been directed by Twitter’s lawyers to hand over any documentation and communication that involves Musk’s now-terminated deal, court filings from Friday show. Twitter has already sent subpoenas to several venture capitalists in the tech billionaire’s sphere of influence including Marc Andreessen, David O. Sacks and Joe Lonsdale.

In an increasingly acrimonious battle between the two parties, Twitter’s team of lawyers sent out subpoenas to banks that were also involved in financing in order to lock down its legal case and make it watertight ahead of the October 17 hearing at the Delaware Court of Chancery.

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Following months of uncertainty at Twitter headquarters over Musk would welch on the $44 billion agreement, the founder of SpaceX finally went ahead and pulled the plug on the deal on July 8, 2022. Four days later on July 12, 2022, Twitter filed a lawsuit against Musk.

According to him, the social media company had failed to “adequately” disclose the number of bots on its platform as well as firing key executives before the deal could be closed, actions which Musk says could have an adverse effect on the business in the future. 

On July 29, 2022 Musk had filed a countersuit alleging that Twitter had not disclosed its numbers because the information that his team was requesting “would reveal that Twitter had been swimming naked.” However, in a filing on August 5, 2022, Twitters lawyers filed their response to the suit, calling allegations “rhetoric heavy” and “fact-free”.

Earlier this year, Musk had expressed willingness to buy Twitter at 38% over the share price at the time. In April, Twitter share prices were worth $51.70 when Musk agreed to pay $54.20 for the company.