Last night an article accusing Elon Musk of sexual harassment dropped almost on cue, just after the billionaire accused Democrats of being the party of hate and division.
Here’s the story:
A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence. https://t.co/ah3vVnsqeB
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) May 19, 2022
SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Musk in 2018, Insider has learned.
The attendant worked as a member of the cabin crew on a contract basis for SpaceX’s corporate jet fleet. She accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, according to interviews and documents obtained by Insider.
The incident, which took place in 2016, is alleged in a declaration signed by a friend of the attendant and prepared in support of her claim. The details in this story are drawn from the declaration as well as other documents, including email correspondence and other records shared with Insider by the friend.
According to the declaration, the attendant confided to the friend that after taking the flight attendant job, she was encouraged to get licensed as a masseuse so that she could give Musk massages. It was during one such massage in a private cabin on Musk’s Gulfstream G650ER, she told the friend, that Musk propositioned her.
Musk did respond to the allegations saying there’s a lot more to the story and suggested the premise wasn’t true:
After Insider contacted Musk for comment, he emailed to ask for more time to respond and said there is “a lot more to this story.”
“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,” he wrote, calling the story a “politically motivated hit piece.”
Musk also responded on Twitter to it:
The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens – this is their standard (despicable) playbook – but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
Finally, we get to use Elongate as scandal name. It’s kinda perfect. ???? https://t.co/qSNH7lsn72
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
Clearly with his last tweet, he’s not worried about the scandal all that much.
Here’s a couple more…
No, it was clear that their only goal was a hit price to interfere with the Twitter acquisition. The story was written before they even talked to me.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
And Musk made a brilliant point that clearly shows this is nothing more than a political attack to take him down:
They began brewing attacks of all kinds as soon as the Twitter acquisition was announced.
In my 30 year career, including the entire MeToo era, there’s nothing to report, but, as soon as I say I intend to restore free speech to Twitter & vote Republican, suddenly there is …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
It’s absolutely all politically motivated. Musk has made an enemy of the Democrat party and now they are going to try to destroy him.
Elon has my support! At least Elon no longer has to worry about AOC hittin’ on him… She just got engaged to the naked feet guy… : )
#JusticeForElon!
they are going to try to destroy him