Billionaire Elon Musk is refuting a new report claiming he sexually harassed a flight attendant and that SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle the claim. Musk called the accuser a “far-left” actress and dared her to describe his unique body part.
Report: SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment allegation against Elon Musk
On Thursday, Business Insider published a report with bombshell allegations that Billionaire Elon Musk had sexually harassed a flight attendant and that SpaceX paid her $250,000 in hush money.
Late on Thursday, Musk took to Twitter to denounce the report as “utterly untrue” and called the accuser a “far-left activist/actress.”
What are the allegations?
In the Business Insider report, the article stated that a flight attendant for SpaceX said Elon Musk asked her to “do more” during a massage, according to an alleged declaration signed by a friend of the attendant that was prepared in support of her claim.
The attendant accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, and rubbing her leg without consent, according to interviews and documents obtained by Insider.
Musk calls report a “politically motivated hit piece
After the report surfaced on Thursday, Elon Musk called the allegations “utterly untrue,” Newsmax reported.
“If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light,” Musk wrote, responding by email to Insider after being contacted for comment. Musk went on to call the story a “politically motivated hit piece” and said there is “a lot more to this story.”
Musk dares a “far-left” actress to describe a unique part of his body
Late on Thursday, Elon Musk took to Twitter to defend himself, the New York Post reported.
“But I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me ‘exposed’ — describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t known by the public,” Musk tweeted. “She won’t be able to do it because it never happened.”
Someone tweeted to Musk: “It’s strange how their friend is the one who came forward years after it supposedly happened while claiming they can’t stay silent. It’s a story based on hearsay. “My friend said.” No proof.”
“Exactly,” Musk responded. “Moreover, the ‘friend’ in question who gave the interview to BI is a far-left activist/actress in LA with a major political ax to grind.”
“Did you actually respond to the reporters from BI?” Another person asked.
“No,” Musk replied. “It was clear that their only goal was a hit piece to interfere with the Twitter acquisition. The story was written before they even talked to me.”
