Tesla CEO Elon Musk has filed a counterclaim against Twitter after the social media company sued the billionaire for walking away from a $44 billion purchase deal.
Musk’s counterclaims are an abrupt escalation in the legal battle between a big tech company and the richest man in the world, where Twitter is suing Musk to complete the deal he entered into with Twitter on April 25.
Musk’s move against Twitter was made public a day after Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick, the judge overseeing the lawsuit, ordered that the five-day trial was to begin on Oct. 17, 2022. 
McCormick ordered Twitter to answer the counterclaim on or before Aug. 4, 2022. The discovery phase of the lawsuit ends in the first half of September….