A court document revealed today that business mogul Elon Musk has asked a judge to set Oct. 17 as the start date for a five-day trial in a case involving his attempt to back out in the $44 billion Twitter acquisition. of From the tenth of the same month, as requested by the social media platform.

The lawyer for the world’s richest man asked the judge to “break the deadlock and let the case move forward more quickly.”

Counsel Kathleen McCormick, Chief Justice of the Delaware Chancery, last week set a trial for October in what is expected to be one of the biggest legal battles on Wall Street in years, leaving the parties to determine exact timetable.

Musk, the CEO of Tesla, the electric car maker, requested a lawsuit in February that he said would give him the time he needed to conduct a thorough investigation into the fake Twitter accounts, adding that the company had given wrong numbers for the number. users. , therefore, he violated the merger agreement by allowing her to opt out.

The company, which filed a lawsuit in September, said the issue of fake accounts was a nuisance and that the terms of the deal required Musk to pay.

Musk asked the judge to order Twitter to immediately submit what he called “key documents,” request all preliminary data by Aug. 1, and require it to submit the documents within 18 days of the order’s issuance .

Musk accused Twitter of not promptly providing documents such as guidelines and policies regarding daily active user accounts, artificial intelligence, and “every item in the data room.”