Recently, a Deleware judge ruled that Twitter (TWTR  ) and the world's richest man, Elon Musk, will be going to court for five days starting October 17. Since that ruling was announced, both parties have filed dozens of subpoena requests against banks, entrepreneurs, investment firms, tech executives, and other major figures in Silicon Valley. That group now includes Twitter's former CEO, Jack Dorsey.

Musk subpoenaed his friend to provide all information "reflecting, referring to, or relating to the impact or effect of false or spam accounts on Twitter's business and operations," as well as any communications related to Musk's acquisition of Twitter. Musk also has questions about how Twitter uses its metric for monetizable daily active users (mDAU) in its SEC filings.

Musk is trying to get out of his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter because he says the social media company lied about the number of bots and spam accounts on its platform. Musk accused Twitter of trying to "mislead investors" in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

For its part, Twitter says that its SEC filings are accurate and that Musk is making unfounded allegations in an effort to get out of a deal that is no longer favorable to him. According to the company, Musk has failed to secure the financing needed to complete the deal, contrary to what Musk's lawyers have claimed.

"Mr. Musk has made perfectly clear he has no intention of keeping any of his promises," said Twitter's lead attorney, Bill Savitt. "Candidly, we suspect that Mr. Musk wants to delay this trial long enough to never really face a reckoning."

While Musk is looking for support for his claims around bots, Twitter is subpoenaing individuals to get information about why Musk decided to try to back out of the deal. So far, the company has filed requests for messages between Musk and venture capitalists Joe Lonsdale, Marc Andreessen, Steve Jurvetson, and David Sacks, some of whom have been involved in financing the Twitter deal.

Musk and Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter CEO in November 2021, have been friendly for years, and Dorsey supported Musk's plan to purchase the platform.

"In principle, I don't believe anyone should own or run Twitter, Dorsey tweeted after the initial deal was announced. "Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness."