Elon Musk called the girl who accused him of sexual misconduct as a “far-left actress” who has “a big political axe to grind” — and challenged her to verify her claims by describing a component of his anatomy “not recognized by the general public.”
Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday and said that the “wild accusations are totally untrue.” The allegations have been initially documented by Insider.
The tech mogul was accused of exposing himself to a flight attendant aboard a person of his personal planes in 2016 — and SpaceX later paid out the girl $250,000 to settle her sexual misconduct claim, in accordance to the bombshell report.
Musk was also accused of rubbing the flight attendant’s leg without having permission and presenting to purchase her a horse if she gave him an erotic massage onboard the aircraft, Insider reported Thursday, citing paperwork and interviews.
Hours soon after Insider released the tale, Musk challenged the pal of the accuser who is reported to have been instructed about the alleged incident quickly following it occurred.
Musk tweeted: “But I have a obstacle to this liar who promises their buddy observed me ‘exposed’ — describe just one particular factor, anything at all at all (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t recognized by the community.”
“She will not be in a position to do so, since it in no way happened.”
Musk was responding on Twitter to a commenter who wondered: “Where were being these wild accusations against @elonmusk before he took a stand towards the institution?”
“Exactly,” Musk, who not too long ago introduced his intention to buy Twitter and acquire it private for $44 billion, tweeted.
Musk then went on to explain the female, a previous flight attendant and SpaceX employee who worked on his private jet, as a “far left activist/actress in LA with a big political axe to grind.”
A further Twitter questioned Musk if he responded to Insider’s request for comment, to which the world’s richest particular person replied: “No, it was obvious that their only aim was a hit price tag [sic] to interfere with the Twitter acquisition. The tale was written in advance of they even talked to me.”
Musk was quoted in the first Insider post as declaring there was “a lot extra to this story.”
“If I were being inclined to have interaction in sexual harassment, this is not likely to be the initial time in my overall 30-12 months career that it comes to light-weight,” he wrote to Insider. Musk also slammed the news web-site for publishing a “politically determined strike piece.”
The alleged incident took position in a cabin aboard one particular of Musk’s planes all through a flight to London.
The attendant told a close friend that Musk, who also owns Tesla and is searching for to purchase Twitter, asked her to appear into his space all through the flight for a massage, in accordance to a declaration prepared by the buddy that was acquired by Insider.
The declaration states through the massage, Musk “exposed his genitals” and then “touched her leg and offered to get her a horse if she would ‘do more,’ referring to efficiency of intercourse acts,” Insider claimed.
The flight attendant, who rides horses, declined and finished the massage devoid of engaging in anything at all sexual, the declaration obtained by Insider states.
Musk also resolved the allegations in many Thursday night tweets, saying they ended up politically determined.
“The attacks towards me ought to be viewed by a political lens – this is their standard (despicable) playbook – but practically nothing will prevent me from battling for a fantastic potential and your correct to cost-free speech,” he wrote in 1 tweet.
“And, for the history, people wild accusations are completely untrue,” he included in a further tweet.
SpaceX officers declined to remark for the Insider tale.
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