A federal judge in California has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X, that alleged he owed more than $500 million in severance pay to thousands of employees he fired soon after purchasing the company in late 2022.
The complaint was filed by Courtney McMillian, who managed the company’s salary and benefits plans until October 2022, and Ronald Cooper, who was an operations manager at what was then known as Twitter through late February 2023, according to court filings.
The pair alleged thousands of ex-Twitter staffers who were let go soon after Musk bought the company for $44 billion were owed, collectively, at least $500 million in payouts, PC Mag reported.
