- Wall St Journal alleges that Musk, 52, was involved with an intern 20 years his junior
Elon Musk is alleged to have had sexual relations with a SpaceX executive and a former intern, as well as asking another staff member to have his babies.
These are the latest unflattering reports about the tech billionaire’s personal life that accuse him of crossing boundaries at work.
The Wall St Journal alleges that Musk, 52, was involved with an intern 20 years his junior and tried to rekindle the romance when she formally joined the firm.
He allegedly met Musk for the first time in the early 2010s, when he was still in college, after contacting him to improve SpaceX.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures while attending the Viva Technology conference in June 2023.
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s chief operating officer, said the Journal report presented a “completely misleading narrative” (A spacecraft launched by SpaceX, Musk’s company).
He flew her to Sicily, Italy, where she was attending an exclusive Google conference.
In 2017, Musk reached out again to offer the woman a full-time job at SpaceX, where she would identify problems at the company. The Journal claimed that he invited her to have a drink and touched her breasts.
He allegedly said, ‘Oh, I’m so bad.’ You should not be doing this’.
In a sworn statement provided to the Journal by the woman, she said she rejected his advances. But one of her friends said he still “texted her a lot” and once invited her to her house.
In the intern’s affidavit, she said there were no “romantic relationships” during his time at SpaceX and that he was never “predatory.”
Musk is also accused of repeatedly asking another employee to have children with him before being paid £780,000 and leaving the company in 2013.
Musk is also alleged to have had a relationship with a SpaceX executive in 2014 when he was separated but not divorced at the time from his now ex-wife Talulah Riley.
He approached the woman, who worked directly for him and worked 17-hour days.
Musk allegedly invited her to have a drink with him at his mansion in Bel-Air and praised her for having “beauty and intelligence.”
Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris in 2023
The Wall St Journal alleges that Musk, 52, was involved with an intern 20 years his junior.
The Journal reports they had sex and the next morning he promised the woman Tesla stock. But she is said to have started to feel used and she negotiated a £66,000 exit package from SpaceX.
The three allegations follow claims that in 2016 Musk, who is worth at least £160bn, propositioned a flight attendant for sex by offering to buy her a horse.
She was one of several former employees who said Musk, who founded Tesla, SpaceX and now owns X, made advances toward them or gave them undue attention.
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s chief operating officer, said the Journal’s reporting presented a “completely misleading narrative.” Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, did not respond to a request for comment.
