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[PH @spearheader11]

Luminar’s former CEO Austin Russell’s estate manager alleges he pressured her to carry out illegal acts: paying off prostitutes, falsifying private jet manifests to bill Luminar for personal trips, charging the co for private expenses, & helping evade CA taxes. $lazr @luminartech

[PH @spearheader11]

In a March 23 filing, the @SECGov objected to @luminartech's bankruptcy plan, saying it illegally forces wiped out shareholders to give up their right to sue insiders - even if they never agreed. Silence ≠ consent, the SEC says. $lazr $lazrq

https://t.co/LM4rPfmz0N

[PH @spearheader11]

Filing reveals @luminartech insider payments in the year pre-bankruptcy:

#AustinRussell CEO (Dec 15, 2024–May 14, 2025): $749,315 in 5 months

Tom Fennimore CFO (Dec 16, 2024–Nov 28, 2025): $1.9M
& others = $17.37M to insiders $lazr $lazrq

pgs 52–87

https://t.co/uhSi3iZDib

[PH @spearheader11]

@NicolePhelan's July 4 Tulum, Mexico trip with AR was after this.

[PH @spearheader11]

Luminar’s former CEO Austin Russell’s estate manager alleges he pressured her to carry out illegal acts: paying off prostitutes, falsifying private jet manifests to bill Luminar for personal trips, charging the co for private expenses, & helping evade CA taxes. $lazr @luminartech

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech @luminartech's Mar 16 filing preserves claims against #AustinRussell (breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence) & lists him as a Non-Released Party alongside other insiders - Fennimore, Prescott, & Heng (AR's personal lender) $lazr

[PH @spearheader11]

Feb 27 #AustinRussell asks bankruptcy court to use @luminartech's liability insurance for legal defense costs; March 11 withdraws the request

https://t.co/z2a0UDucnH

March 16 Luminar's filing includes it has the right to ins related claims+lists AR as a Non-Released Party $lazr

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech #AustinRussell's $83M Pacific Palisades home had only $3M of insurance coverage. His lender, Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending LLC (Jun Hong Heng @luminartech board member who resigned same day as Russell), is demanding the insurance payout & the $59.2M still owed. $lazr $lazrq

[PH @spearheader11]

Austin Russell, Luminar Tech’s founder and former CEO, purchased an $83 mil home in 2021 that has now entered pre-foreclosure/auction after a Notice of Default filed on 12/4/2025 claims $6,919,713.27 in missed payments. $lazr #austinrussell @luminartech
https://t.co/I90hi1jjPh

[PH @spearheader11]

@survivethemess @luminartech https://t.co/gT5T2whibu

[PH @spearheader11]

Luminar’s former CEO Austin Russell’s allegedly tried to bill Luminar for his seven-figure birthday bash on Necker Island - including private jets for 41 guests - calling it a ‘corporate retreat’, despite many guests being family and friends, not employees. @luminartech $lazr

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech Luminar's former CEO #AustinRussell allegedly spent $68K at a Miami F1 party, chartered a yacht with friends & sex workers, then tried to expense the whole weekend to Luminar. His estate manger refused but alleges she was forced to arrange cash payments & NDAs. @luminartech $lazr

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech Luminar Tech's former CEO #AustinRussell allegedly spent $68K at a Miami F1 party, chartered a yacht with friends & sex workers, then tried to expense the whole weekend to Luminar. His estate manger refused but alleges she was forced to arrange cash payments & NDAs. $lazr #lazrq

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech Luminar’s former CEO Austin Russell’s allegedly tried to bill Luminar for his seven-figure birthday bash on Necker Island - including private jets for 41 guests - calling it a ‘corporate retreat’, despite many guests being family and friends, not employees. $lazr $lazrq

[PH @spearheader11]

Luminar’s former CEO Austin Russell’s allegedly tried to bill Luminar for his seven-figure birthday bash on Necker Island - including private jets for 41 guests - calling it a ‘corporate retreat’, despite many guests being family and friends, not employees. @luminartech $lazr

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech Luminar’s former CEO Austin Russell’s estate manager alleges he pressured her to carry out illegal acts: paying off prostitutes, falsifying private jet manifests to bill Luminar for personal trips, charging the company for private expenses, & helping evade CA taxes. $lazr

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending LLC vs. Austin K. Russell et al (26SMCV00415, 1/23/26)

Lawsuit filed for: (1) Foreclosure of deed and trust and determination and recovery of deficiency, (2) Breach of contract, (3) Conversion.

$lazr $lazrq @luminartech #austinrussell

[PH @spearheader11]

@luminartech Ironically, Austin Russell's trophy car, a red 2021 McLaren Elva, also recently went to auction, selling on 2/26/2026 for $813,000. The timing, with both the house pre-foreclosure & the car auction overlapping, is notable $lazr #austinrussell @luminartech
https://t.co/CoMkaeJYf9

[Vikas @survivethemess]

Did Austin really get away with bankrupting the company $lazr?
A software engineer can lose their job over a single mistake, yet here a CEO mismanaged an entire company with no accountability. How does that make sense?
$tsla $lazr #Lidar @luminartech

[RTrader @RefinedTrader1]

$LAZR formally delisted from the NASDAQ in late December 2025, all the hype and now selling pieces to $MVIS Signs Agreement To Acquire Certain Assets From Luminar Technologies For $33M In Cash; IP, inventory related to Iris and Halo lidar sensors...

[MAISA @MaisaCorp]

$MVIS will acquire certain assets, employees and contracts associated with Luminar's $LAZRQ lidar business for $33 million at an auction conducted by Luminar $LAZRQ under the US Bankruptcy Code.

[PH @spearheader11]

The Court’s order requiring Russell & his counsel to appear in person is significant. Courts do not typically compel the physical appearance of an individual who claims not to have been properly served unless the court is asserting control over the situation & intends to resolve

[PH @spearheader11]

The bankruptcy court is signaling impatience with Austin Russell's procedural gamesmanship

This hearing is effectively designed to end the service dispute of him dodging subpoenas & get him served by ordering him to attend $lazr $lazrq #austinrussell

https://t.co/5oIkZUfZkl