A case has been filed against Elon Musk’s Twitter in a US court by an Australian project management firm which alleged that the social media giant has not paid an outstanding amount of A$1 million ($665,000) for the work it has done in four countries.
A private firm Facilitate Corp on June 29 filed a case against San Francisco-based company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California claiming breach of contract over Twitter’s failure to pay its invoices.
The Sydney-based company’s filing against Musk’s Twitter is the latest one alleging non-payment of bills and rent against Twitter since the 52-year-old Musk acquired the social media platform for $44 billion last year.
According to Australian company Facilitate, from 2022 through early 2023, it installed sensors in Twitter's offices in London and Dublin, completed an office fit-out in Singapore, and cleared an office in Sydney.
"For those works, Twitter owed the company about 203,000 pounds, S$546,600 and A$61,300, respectively," Facilitate said.
Twitter, also known as X Corp, no longer has a media relations office. Facilitate said it was seeking compensatory damages in an amount to be determined at trial, legal costs and interest at the maximum legal rate.
In May, a former public relations firm filed a suit in a New York court saying Twitter had not paid its bills, while early this year US-based advisory firm Innisfree M&A sued it, seeking about $1.9 million for what it said were unpaid bills after it advised Twitter on its acquisition by Musk.
Britain's Crown Estate, an independent commercial business that manages the property portfolio belonging to the monarchy, in January, began court proceedings over alleged unpaid rent on Twitter's London headquarters.