Elon Musk was misleading in his public statements during a crucial period of his 2022 Twitter takeover, a jury has found. After two days of deliberations, a jury in San Francisco federal court decided against the tech titan,

Elon Musk defrauded Twitter Inc. investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded.

A jury has concluded Elon Musk ​defrauded Twitter investors when ‌he disparaged the company in 2022 in ​an effort to ​buy the social media platform ⁠for a lower ​price than his original $44 ​billion bid,

A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price as he was poised to buy it in a $44 billion deal.

On Frida, a jury in California determined that Elon Musk had misled investors in Twitter via public statements that depressed the price of the company’s stock ahead of his ultimately successful purchase of it.

The civil trial in San Francisco centered on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which he renamed X.

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion.

A verdict has been reached in a trial that put Elon Musk against Twitter shareholders, a court spokesperson said, adding the decision was being read Friday afternoon. The civil trial in San Francisco centered on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter,