Twitter has accused Elon Musk of treating his $44bn takeover of the company like an "elaborate joke", as the tech company's lawyers seek to use the Tesla billionaire's own tweets against him in court. A 62-page legal filing to the Chancery Court in Delaware, filed overnight, was littered with Mr Musk's tweets and public statements, which Twitter claims show his "bad faith". Mr Musk strong-armed the company into agreeing to a sale, pushing through the deal on "seller friendly" terms, before quickly getting cold feet as tech stocks collapsed, Twitter argues.