Elon and his company was sued when he delivered on one of his previous compensation tied to moonshot never gonna happen things.
"When" is inaccurate. The original shareholder vote for Musk's 2018 compensation plan was on 2018-03-18. Tornetta was filed on 2018-06-05, well before the first tranche vested in 2020.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/musk-tesla-pay-delaware-supr...