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Despite pulling the plug, Elon Musk could be forced by a US court to complete his $44bn takeover of Twitter, according to legal experts.

The Tesla chief executive told Twitter that he is terminating the deal, citing concerns about spam accounts. Twitter鈥檚 chairman, Bret Taylor, responded with a tweet stating that the company intended to 鈥減ursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement鈥�.

Brian Quinn is an associate professor at Boston College law school. He told Newsday: 鈥淗e鈥檚 realised that he鈥檚 paid too much for this company and he鈥檚 looking for a way out鈥�the parties have signed a contract and it鈥檚 a鈥�tightly written contract that favours the sellers鈥�so I don鈥檛 think this plan is really gonna work.鈥�

(Picture: Elon Musk鈥檚 Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos. Credit: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)