Elon Musk to Owe Estimated $2.1 Billion After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before 2022 Buyout

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not "scheme" to mislead investors.