Elon Musk addressed swirling hypothesis Saturday after conservative influencer Ashley St Clair alleged she gave start to his youngster 5 months in the past.
The billionaire responded with a single-word response on X, the social media platform he owns after a submit claimed St Clair had been strategizing for years to have his youngster.
“Whoa,” Elon Musk wrote in response to a consumer’s submit that learn, “Ashley St Clair plotted for half a decade to ensnare Elon Musk.”
St Clair, an writer and on-line persona, shortly retorted, criticizing Musk for partaking with web chatter as an alternative of addressing her straight.
“Elon, now we have been attempting to speak for the previous a number of days and you haven’t responded. When are you going to answer to us as an alternative of publicly responding to smears from a person who simply posted photographs of me in underwear at 15 years previous?” she wrote.
St Clair’s declare, first reported by the New York Publish, suggests she and Musk share a 5-month-old youngster. Her consultant, Brian Glicklich, launched an announcement on X, saying each events have been negotiating a co-parenting settlement.
“Ashley & Elon have been privately working in direction of the creation of an settlement about elevating their youngster for a while,” Glicklich posted. “We’re ready for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental function with Ashley, to finish unwarranted hypothesis, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to complete their settlement shortly, in the very best pursuits of the wellbeing and safety of the kid they share.”
Elon Musk, already a father of 12 with three totally different ladies, has not publicly confirmed St Clair’s assertion.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is understood for embracing fatherhood, typically discussing his views on inhabitants development and the significance of getting giant households.
The scenario marks yet one more chapter in Musk’s broadly scrutinized private life, which has continuously performed out in public view. Whereas he has not disputed St Clair’s claims outright, his transient response leaves extra questions than solutions about their relationship and the kid.
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