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> He was trying to bankrupt the short-sellers, and he was doing it by lying

I'm out of the loop - can you point me to some proof of this?

The actual complaint includes a few tweets by Musk warning shorts to get out within a specific timeframe.

So they were warned of possible actions that might cost them, like going private.

Damn if you do, damn if you don't.

Yeah, but he wasn’t actually going private. He did not follow any procedure to do that (casual talks without firm agreements don’t count).

What it does do is establish a plausible motive for stock manipulation, which is a problem for a jury trial.