The wait is over. Twitter is formally suing Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, for making an attempt to weasel his method out of his settlement to purchase the corporate. The livid lawsuit accuses Musk of appearing in dangerous religion and comes lower than one week after Musk despatched a letter to the social media firm making clear his intention to terminate the $44 billion acquisition deal he made in late April.

Twitter, within the 62-page-suit filed in Delaware court docket Tuesday, lashed out at Musk, alleging he “refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interest.” The firm, which accused Musk of mounting a “public spectacle” across the deal, stated it was suing Musk to compel him to meet his authorized obligations and produce the big deal to a detailed.

“Musk apparently believes that he—unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law— is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” the lawsuit reads. “This repudiation follows a long list of material contractual breaches by Musk that have cast a pall over Twitter and its business.”

Musk initially introduced his intention to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share again in April, a deal that may have value him round $44 billion. Since then, Twitter’s inventory, mirroring the bigger tech trade, has tanked, and Musk has made what seem like public makes an attempt to scurry out of the deal or negotiate for a cheaper price. Tesla’s inventory has additionally tanked, deflating Musk’s wealth. For months, Musk has tried to invoke Twitter’s longstanding points with bot accounts as an avenue for doubtlessly exiting the deal. In response, Twitter offered Musk with a flood of person information to attempt to deal with his bot considerations, after which gave him even extra information, however that also wasn’t sufficient. With neither aspect keen to budge, the battle now enters stage of doubtless extended authorized fight. Twitter didn’t instantly reply to Gizmodo’s request for remark.

“Musk wanted an escape.”

Twitter’s swimsuit known as bullshit on Musk’s so-called “exit strategy.” The firm accused Musk of shifting the purpose publish round bots, first saying he acknowledged a need to take away bots from the platform, ought to he turn into Twitter’s proprietor, earlier than finally demanding “verification” that bots weren’t a problem. The swimsuit went on to accuse Musk of making an attempt to desperately grasp for tactics out of the deal as soon as market circumstances had worsened.

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“Musk wanted an escape,” the swimsuit reads. “But the merger agreement left him little room. With no financing contingency or diligence condition, the agreement gave Musk no out absent a Company Material Adverse Effect or a material covenant breach by Twitter. Musk had to try to conjure one of those.”

Twitter’s swimsuit doesn’t come as a shock. The firm revealed its intention to sue Musk nearly instantly after he formally moved to terminate the deal final week. On Tuesday, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal retweeted the corporate’s board chairman Bret Taylor who said Twitter would, “hold Elon Musk accountable to his contractual obligations.” Musk has not tweeted in response. He as soon as replied to Agrawal with a poop emoji.