Elon Musk denies allegations of sexual abuse
Elon Musk has denied allegations that he sexually harassed a flight attendant in 2016, describing it as part of a defamation campaign against him.
The claim appeared yesterday (May 19) in Fr. the story of Business Insider, which based its message on the account of a friend of the alleged victim. According to a declaration signed by a friend, during 2016 SpaceX corporate flight, Elon Musk asked the attendant to go into his cabin and give him a full body massage.
“When she arrived, the duty officer found that Musk” was completely naked, except for the sheet that covered the lower half of his body, “- Business Insider. wrote. “During the massage,” the declaration said, “Musk” opened his genitals “and then” touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would do more, “meaning sexual intercourse.”
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According to a Business Insider report, the flight attendant filed a complaint, which was resolved in November 2018, when SpaceX paid her $ 250,000 in severance pay “in exchange for a promise not to sue.”
Musk has denied the allegations in a series of tweets over the past two days, calls them “Wild accusations” that are “completely false” and challenging a flight attendant friend describe any feature of his anatomy, such as scars or tattoos, “which are unknown to the public”.
Also head of SpaceX and Tesla described the story of Business Insider as a “hit” designed “to prevent the acquisition of Twitter” and claimed that it “was written before they even talked to me.” (Musk has applied for $ 44 billion to buy Twitter, which is the company ‘s board recently approved. But it is unclear at this point if the sale does take place.)
“Attacks on me need to be viewed through a political lens – this is their standard (contemptuous) textbook – but nothing will stop me from fighting for a good future and your right to freedom of speech,” Musk added. another tweet on Thursday night.
“They” in this tweet is an obvious reference to Democrats or the Left in a more general sense. On Wednesday (May 18), for example, Musk tweeted the following: “In the past, I voted for the Democrats because they were (mostly) a party of kindness. But they have become a party of division and hatred, so I can no longer support them and will vote for the Republicans. I’m revealing … “
Business Insider says it contacted Mask before publishing the report. Asked to comment on the allegation, according to Business Insider, Musk asked for more time and said there was “a lot more” in the story.
“If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, it is unlikely to be the first time in my 30-year career,” Musk wrote in an email, according to Business Insider. The billionaire businessman also called the story a “politically motivated hit.”
According to John CookEditor of Investigations Insider, the publication addressed Musk around 9 a.m. on EDT (1 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday – about three hours before Musk posted his tweet about “dirty tricks.”
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