November 13, 2022 2:20 p.m.
The acquisition of the social network Twitter by the billionaire Elon Musk already raised some controversy in the world of rock, with pronouncements against by Gene Simmons either Paul Stanley of Kiss. Now we also know that behind a 56 billion dollar lawsuit filed against Musk hides a thrash metal drummer.
The plaintiff, Richard Tornettait so happens that he was in charge of the drums in the group dawn of correction and will be responsible for leading the case against Musk on behalf of the company Tesla for a lawsuit arising from the purchase and sale of shares. According to Reutersif the lawsuit succeeds, it would imply the rescission of the 2018 share payments for the benefit of Musk.
Tornetta is currently one of the smallest investors in the Tesla car company and owned just nine shares of the company when he brought the case to light in 2018. He is expected to finally go to court next Monday in Wilmington, Delaware. , after surviving a motion to dismiss in 2019.
In the case of Tornettathe former drummer alleges that Musk dictated the payment package to the board of directors and that the initiative was then put to a vote by investors, who were not adequately informed about the difficulty of achieving certain objectives. This payment package allowed Musk seize 1% of Tesla shares every time financial goals were met.
Like we have already said, Tornetta was battery in dawn of correctionwhich was formed in 2005, released a single studio work called ‘Dead Hand Control’ in 2006 and broke up the following year.
The former manager of the drumsticks has not revealed why he filed the lawsuit against Musk nor has it responded to requests to clarify this aspect.
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