Billionaire says report is 'utterly untrue' after allegation he paid $250k in 2018 to settle claim.
The attendant hired a lawyer in 2018 and sent the allegations to SpaceX’s HR department. She felt “she was being pushed out and punished for refusing to prostitute herself”, says the declaration. The attendant was a cabin crew member who was contracted to work for SpaceX’s corporate jet fleet.
According to the declaration made to support the claim, the victim was pushed to get licensed as a masseuse so that she could give massages to Musk and was ...
During the massage, as per the declaration, Musk exposed his genitals and then touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would continue with an erotic body massage. He also wrote the report off as a 'politically-motivated' one. According to the declaration made to support the claim, the victim was pushed to get licensed as a masseuse so that she could give massages to Musk and was also propositioned by him in a private cabin on his Gulfstream G650ER.
Business Insider reported on Thursday that Musk's SpaceX paid $250000 to settle claim.
The rocket company made the settlement out of court and included a nondisclosure agreement which prevented the flight attendant from speaking about it, Business Insider said. Reuters was not able to verify the Business Insider account. The article quoted an anonymous person who said she was a friend of the flight attendant.
The SpaceX CEO disputes a report alleging that his company settled a sexual misconduct claim for $250000, after he exposed himself and propositioned a ...
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a flight attendant contracted by Space X who worked on his private jet in 2016.
According to the report, the flight attendant, who had trained as a masseuse so she could give Mr Musk massages, alleged that Mr Musk exposed himself to her during a massage, rubbed her leg, and offered to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage. “Finally, we get to use Elongate as scandal name. The report also said the flight attendant was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits her from discussing the payment or anything else about Mr Musk and SpaceX.
Elon Musk has hit back at claims he exposed himself on a private jet, challenging his accuser to describe "scars or tattoos" to prove them.
Mr Musk and SpaceX have not responded to a request for comment. The friend said she had provided a statement as part of a private settlement process. In the Business Insider article, Musk was quoted as saying the flight attendant's story was a "politically motivated hit piece" and that there was "a lot more to this story".
Elon Musk has denied sexual misconduct allegations reportedly made by a former SpaceX flight attendant, which were brought to light in a report from ...
"They began brewing attacks of all kinds as soon as the Twitter acquisition was announced," he wrote in another tweet. Citing a declaration from a friend of the flight attendant, neither of whom were identified, Insider reported the flight attendant accused Musk of asking her to give him a massage in a private room on an airplane in 2016. But when someone is particularly wealthy and powerful, they literally have systems that are like a machine working for them, to set them up to be able to do whatever they want." Someone with that level of power causing that kind of harm and then throwing some money at the situation, that's not accountability. Once she was in the room, the declaration stated, Musk "exposed his genitals," "touched her" and "offered to buy her a horse if she would 'do more,' " Insider reported. Elon Musk has has denied what he calls "wild" and "utterly untrue" accusations after Insider reported a former SpaceX flight attendant alleged sexual misconduct by Musk on a company airplane.
TESLA AND SPACEX CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a flight attendant contracted by SpaceX who worked on his private jet in 2016.
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The Business Insider reports that it has obtained documents and interviews alleging that billionaire SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk engaged in sexual ...
The Insider also said that he offered to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, according to the Insider. A former flight attendant, contracted by SpaceX, who worked aboard the plane allegedly told a friend shortly after the incident that Musk had exposed himself and engaged in unwanted touching. The report also said the flight attendant was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits her from discussing the payment or anything else about Musk and SpaceX.
A report in Business Insider describes allegations by a SpaceX flight attendant who accused Musk of exposing himself and propositioning her.
According to Insider (formerly known as Business Insider), the flight attendant had been encouraged by her superiors to secure a masseuse license so she could give Musk massages. She won’t be able to do so, because it never happened.” “She didn’t know what to do.” Insider said it reached out to SpaceX’s vice president of legal, Christopher Cardaci, who declined to comment. “They began brewing attacks of all kinds as soon as the Twitter acquisition was announced,” Musk tweeted Friday morning. Neither is identified by name.
Musk, supposed defender of free speech, paid a woman $250000 in a severance agreement to stay silent about how he allegedly tried to bribe her for sexual ...
“You do become a part of that machine that allows someone like Elon Musk to continue to do the horrible things that he’s done.” The flight attendant reportedly told her friend that during a flight to London, Musk asked her to come to his room and perform “a full-body massage.” Once there, the woman said, she found Musk “completely naked except for a sheet covering the lower half of his body,” adding that he “exposed his genitals" during the massage and then “touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would ‘do more,’” i.e., sexual acts. “When you choose to remain silent, yeah, you do become a part of that system,” she said. According to reporter Rich McHugh, the attendant, who worked as part of the flight crew for SpaceX’s corporate jet fleet, had 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.” (The incident allegedly took place in 2016.) In addition to viewing relevant documents, Insider also spoke to a friend of the woman, who signed a declaration corroborating the incident. Viewed in isolation, these tweets didn’t seem that odd—Musk has been bashing liberals for some time now, and it’s not at all surprising that a known troll would try to preemptively claim that any attacks against him were coming from his political enemies. Later, he informed his followers: “In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.
Elon Musk, who is in the process of buying Twitter, used the social media platform to respond to the allegation.
She said the company was “so rife with sexism, the only remedy is for women to leave”. The report also said the flight attendant was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits her from discussing the payment or anything else about Musk and SpaceX. SpaceX has previously faced allegations of male workers sexually harassing women.