Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for original deal price

This forced Twitter to take Musk to court in a bid to force him to honour the deal. The Trial is to start on October 17.

In the interim, Twitter was rocked by explosive allegations made by a former top executive, who accused the company's officials of everything from complicity in the January 6 riots to employing foreign spies.

Musk's main claim against Twitter was that the San Francisco-based company breached their deal because it will not share with him enough information to back up its claim that spam or fake accounts constitute less than 5 percent of its active users. Twitter has stood by this estimate but also said it's possible the number of these accounts is higher.

The whistleblower, Twitter's former head of security Peiter Zatko, also alleged that the number of bot accounts on Twitter was considerably higher than the 5 percent as claimed by the social media giant.

The allegations appeared to bolster Elon Musk's case, with a judge allowing the Tesla CEO to add the whistleblower's claims to his countersuit. However, the judge denied the billionaire's request to delay the trial.

However, legal experts have said Twitter has a strong legal case against Musk, and added that the microblogging platform could opt for a renegotiation or settlement instead of a long court fight. The latest move by Musk is in line with the analysis.