WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload, has suffered a “serious stroke,” a post on his X account said Monday.

Dotcom’s lawyer, Ira Rothken, confirmed to The Associated Press that the contents of the statement were accurate.

News of his ill health comes during a protracted battle by the U.S. government to extradite the Finnish-German millionaire from New Zealand to face charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering.

In August, New Zealand’s justice minister announced that Dotcom should be surrendered to the U.S., though a date for the extradition has not been set. — Associated Press