Elon Musk’s legal team cited Twitter’s multimillion dollar severance payment as a violation of the merger agreement and a reason to end the deal. The letter, dated September 9th, was sent to Twitter’s chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde.

Musk jumped on the accusations, citing them in his second termination letter. zatko was set to be deposed on Friday.

Elon Musk sent his first letter of termination in July. He said that Twitter mislead him about the number of bots on its platform.

Twitter agreed to pay zatko roughly $ 7 million before he left the company, in relation to lost compensation. The purchase agreement bars Twitter from providing out-of-the-ordinary severance or termination payments.

Chancellor kathaleen McCormick has ruled that Musk will be allowed to use zatko’s allegations to support his case. There will be a’limited’ discovery on documents related to the whistleblower’s report.