Musk Skips Deposition in Investor Lawsuit Over Twitter Buyout

Elon Musk stood up attorneys who flew to Washington to question him under oath in an investor suit alleging his on-again off-again move to buy Twitter Inc. in 2022 was a bid to manipulate its stock price, according to a court filing.

California-based lawyers for the plaintiffs said in the filing that Musk’s attorney told them 20 minutes after the scheduled time for his deposition April 3 that he wouldn’t be attending. Despite a court order setting the deposition date, “this was all for naught,” they said, adding that they’re having difficulty rescheduling it.