Undoubtedly, Deutsch is trying to get Fidelity to pay for his bad bet, using everything that happened as an excuse.
i guess it depends on what the rules are about shares already lent out of a margin account which are then moved to a cash account. How long does Fidelity have to recall and were they ever in violation of the customer's instructions?
Also, what legitimate reason could Fidelity possibly have to prevent Deutsch from buying more? Their suggestion that they suspected manipulation sounds like bullsh1t and it's more likely that, as another poster suggested, they didn't want prices to go higher as they were getting the shares back.
The thing is that he is claiming he could have changed the fate of the company if he had a controlling interest. If you were doing that, however, you would probably have lawyers and traders on the line. Taking control of a company to manage it's bankruptcy is a tricky process with lots of legal issues to account for I would imagine.
You don't do it with an ipad sitting on a lakehouse porch sipping yellowtail wine.
