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The flight attendant reportedly instructed her pal that Musk wished her to ‘do extra’ than a physique therapeutic massageMusk known as the Insider story a ‘politically motivated hit piece’This is the primary time Musk has been accused of inappropriate touching and misconduct
A former flight attendant who labored for Space X’s company jet fleet alleged in 2016 that billionaire Elon Musk uncovered himself to her and touched her leg inappropriately. Space X reportedly paid the flight attendant $250,000 to settle the matter, a brand new report revealed.
In paperwork and interviews obtained by Business Insider, it was revealed that the flight attendant accused Musk of exposing his personal elements to her and rubbing her leg with out the girl’s consent in a personal cabin on the billionaire’s Gulfstream G65OER throughout a flight to London.
Musk additionally allegedly supplied to purchase a horse for the attendant in change for an erotic therapeutic massage. The 2016 incident was alleged in a declaration signed by a pal of the previous SpaceX attendant. The attendant’s pal confirmed Insider the declaration, paperwork, data, and e mail correspondence associated to the declare.
The declaration acknowledged that Musk “touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would ‘do more,’ referring to the performance of sex acts.” The attendant reportedly declined and accomplished the “full body massage” Musk initially requested with out participating in sexual conduct.
The attendant additionally instructed her pal that following the incident, her work shifts have been diminished, making her assume that she was being punished for refusing Musk’s advances.
Business Insider revealed that it contacted the Tesla founder for a remark. Musk reportedly responded that there’s “a lot more to the story,” including that “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.” Musk reportedly stated the story was “a politically motivated hit piece.”
This is the primary time Musk has been accused of inappropriate touching and misconduct. However, some former interns at SpaceX publicly revealed late in 2020 that they skilled sexual harassment from some male interns on the firm, additional alleging that the corporate ignored a few of their complaints, The New York Times reported. Former Mission Integration Engineer at SpaceX, Ashley Kosak, wrote in an essay on Lioness that SpaceX was “an environmentally irresponsible company so rife with sexism, the only remedy is for women to leave.”
Also, in December, six ladies sued Tesla after allegedly having been sexually harassed by their colleagues. At the time of their lawsuit submitting, the ladies have been present or former staff on the Tesla Southern California service middle and the Tesla San Francisco Bay Area manufacturing facility, Forbes reported. The ladies accused the electrical automobile firm of failing to take motion on their claims.
Elon Musk appears at his cell phone in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Joe Skipper