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Truth Social Co-Founders Sue Company, Claim Trump Tried To Dilute Shares
Nina Golgowski
Thu, February 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM EST
https://www.yahoo.com/news/truth-social-co-founders-sue-215622557.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGBKEsmhX47-i94nv8tPAF-NQMiDRRUXm7uywrGCLwzkDrgYj7HzMhNzYsps9NisDr3z9fLNyTrLLnUWpgbuuPNKMnyI7x2g4-MSaBPWlYS9AcdhSwbLwgvxdpP6fwwROsZH_IDh4Ntiji9UVeulTYDs98aenAQTYZB_DnYpZmXjAn estimated $4 billion business merger involving former President Donald Trump’s social media company could hit a major snarl after a lawsuit was filed Wednesday accusing Trump of trying to dilute the co-founders’ shares.
Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss, who co-founded Trump’s Truth Social platform, filed a lawsuit in Delaware claiming their previously negotiated 8.6% stake in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG ) has been watered down to less than 1%, The Washington Post and CNBC reported.
The dispute comes as TMTG eyes a merger with the publicly traded shell company Digital World Acquisition Corp. The sale, which Digital World’s shareholders are scheduled to vote on next month, is estimated to be worth as much as $4 billion, according to The New York Times.
“The attempt here is to deprive them of the deal,” attorney Christopher J. Clark, who is representing Litinsky and Moss’ partnership, United Atlantic Ventures (UAV), in the complaint, told CNBC News. “They actually went out and did the work, they created Truth Social, and now the beneficiary of that, Donald Trump, doesn’t want to pay.”