He is wanting a half mil USD. He's also a former partner, i think, and not your ordinary disgruntled employee. what he's claiming is value for equity (IIRC), not back wages.
Oh, I know that, I saw that letter from his lawyer (I guess we can put to rest the zombie rumors now). I just don't think he's going to get anything. If Garza can barely afford to pay for detailing his likely by now repoed Tesla - even that one had a $140 overdue amount - I don't think he's going to pay $500k.