Musk and X have faced other lawsuits over non-payment to vendors and over failure to provide severance as promised to laid-off employees from Twitter.

Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X after the tech billionaire abruptly cancelled his partnership deal with the platform.

A San Francisco judge ruled that Don Lemon has met the threshold to continue his lawsuit against Elon Musk’s X on claims including fraud, misappropriation of name and likeness and breach of implied contract.