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Another day, another lawsuit<\/a> involving Elon Musk. Four former Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, sued Musk on Monday, alleging that they\u2019re owed over $128 million in severance payments.<\/p>\n When Musk bought Twitter (now X), one of his very first moves<\/a> as the company\u2019s owner was to fire Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and lawyers Sean Edgett and Vijaya Gadde. According to the lawsuit, Musk has a \u201cspecial ire\u201d toward these former executives, who worked hard to hold Musk to his $44 billion commitment when he tried to back out<\/a>. The lawsuit quotes Walter Isaacson\u2019s biography of Elon Musk, which quotes Musk as saying he would \u201chunt every single one\u201d of Twitter\u2019s C-suite \u201ctill the day they die.\u201d<\/p>\n Musk has been a vocal critic of Gadde in particular, who was involved in several high-profile content moderation decisions on Twitter. After putting in his bid to buy Twitter, he posted memes<\/a> mocking the executive, which sparked a wave of racist online attacks<\/a> against her.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just these executives who haven\u2019t gotten their severance pay. Musk has faced several<\/a> lawsuits<\/a> from former Twitter employees who are also waiting for a check. Under Musk\u2019s ownership, the company has stopped paying rent on some of its offices, which has led to even more lawsuits and evictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the lawsuit, Musk claimed that these executives committed \u201cgross negligence\u201d and \u201cwillful misconduct\u201d in their termination letters, but never was able to show evidence of his allegations.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the Musk playbook: to keep the money he owes other people, and force them to sue him,\u201d the lawsuit reads. \u201cEven in defeat, Musk can impose delay, hassle, and expense on others less able to afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n