PR Company Sues Twitter For Bills Not Paid After Purchase By Elon Musk

Twitter has not paid public relations bills since Elon Musk's purchase of social media. (photo: dock. Pixabay)

JAKARTA - A former public relations company (PR) for Twitter sued the social media company on Friday, May 26, stating that Twitter had not paid its bills since Elon Musk's purchase of the social media.

Joele Frank said that Twitter still owes $830,498, which consists of six unpaid bills, plus a fee for a summons in a Twitter lawsuit to force Musk to complete the purchase after he tried to step down.

The community relations company said that Twitter terminated their contracts on November 16, three weeks after the purchase was completed, and no longer communicated about their payment demands except with an automatic pledge to "start processing immediately."

Twitter, also known as X Corp, no longer has a media relationship office. The company responded to a request for comment regarding the lawsuit with a pooling emoji. Lawyers for Musk who were copied in the request have not yet responded.

Joele Frank started working for Twitter in January 2015, according to his lawsuit at a New York state court in Manhattan.

Many homeowners, vendors, and consultants have sued Twitter for unpaid bills inherited by Musk when he bought the company, before he made a hefty cut.

Reported by Reuters, Twitter is also being brought to court in Delaware by three former executives, including Parag Agrawal who was sacked by Musk as CEO, who said Twitter violated its obligation to reimburse more than $1 million.

Musk has said that Twitter could generate positive cash flow as soon as this quarter, although revenue from advertising has decreased.

The world's second richest man, who also runs electric car company Tesla Inc, estimates that Twitter has lost more than half of its value since he bought it, as reported.

This case is JF Associates LLC v X Corp, New York State High Court, New York County.