according to DLNews, Solana co-founder Stephen Akridge is accused of concealing millions of dollars in pledge rewards during his intense divorce with his ex-wife Elisa Rossi. Rossi filed a lawsuit in California state court seeking the detained pledge reward. The two were married for nearly a decade and accumulated a lot of wealth during that time, mainly from Akridge's founding role at Solana Labs.

According to the lawsuit, Rossi claims that the divorce process was long and controversial. As part of the divorce agreement, she was entitled to receive some of the profits from SOL tokens, but Akridge did not give her the pledge reward, causing her to lose millions of dollars. After learning that Akridge had concealed these pledge rewards, Rossi contacted him multiple times requesting their return, but received a cold response.