Elon Musk’s Twitter Sued Over Missed Rent Payments In UK, San Francisco HQ

Twitter is going through two separate lawsuits over its failure to fulfill hire funds in its London workplace and its San Francisco headquarters, because the social media big’s monetary struggles proceed.

The Crown Property, which manages properties in King Charles’ portfolio, is allegedly suing Twitter over unpaid hire within the firm’s U.Ok. headquarters in London at 20 Air Road.

A spokesperson for the Crown Property mentioned it had beforehand reached out to Twitter earlier than submitting the lawsuit associated to rental arrears, according to CNN.

Twitter was additionally sued by the owner for its San Francisco workplaces Friday for lacking hire funds in December and January, according to a copy of the lawsuit shared by the San Francisco Chronicle.

The corporate didn’t pay its $3.36 million in hire final month, prompting the owner, SRI 9 Market Sq. LLC, to attract the sum from Twitter’s line of credit score. Twitter subsequently once more didn’t pay the $3.42 million in hire for the following month, however the landlord solely managed to get about $265,000 from the road of credit score, which now has a $1 steadiness.

The owner argues Twitter has breached the contract by lacking these hire funds, and in addition by not elevating its line of credit score by $10 million, which it was required to do within the occasion of a change in possession, underneath the lease settlement.

This comes as billionaire Elon Musk has been embracing excessive measures to chop spending on the firm. Twitter has auctioned off costly furnishings, espresso machines and different objects from the San Francisco workplace to become profitable.

Earlier this month, workers within the firm’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore had been notified that they’d simply hours to take away their belongings from the workplace and transfer to working remotely, according to Bloomberg.

Musk purchased Twitter final yr for $44 billion, after making an attempt to exit the deal a number of occasions. Musk’s first curiosity cost on the debt he took on to finance the deal could be due on the finish of this month, according to the Financial Times.