Elon Musk’s SpaceX is accused of paying $250,000 to certainly one of its flight attendants to maintain quiet about its proprietor’s alleged sexual harassment.
The lady claims the tycoon uncovered himself to her, propositioned her for intercourse, rubbed her leg, and supplied to purchase her a horse in alternate for an erotic therapeutic massage.
They informed Enterprise Insider that Musk made the proposal as the worker carried out a therapeutic massage on a flight to London in 2016.
The unnamed girl was requested by the billionaire if she might come to his room on the aircraft to carry out ‘a full physique therapeutic massage’, a good friend of hers claimed.
SpaceX employs in-house therapeutic massage therapists for executives. The flight attendant was inspired by superiors to pay for her personal therapeutic massage lessons, her good friend claims.
‘They inspired her to get licensed as a masseuse, however on her personal time, on her personal dime. They implied that she would get to fly extra usually if she have been to do that as a result of she’d be capable to give Elon correct massages,’ they added.
Upon arrival, the attendant allegedly discovered Musk ‘utterly bare aside from a sheet overlaying the decrease half of his physique.’
Based on the supply, he ‘touched her thigh’ and ‘supplied to purchase her a horse’ if she would ‘do extra,’ which she interpreted as performing intercourse acts.
The attendant, who rode horses as a interest, declined the provide however carried on with the therapeutic massage, throughout which he allegedly ‘uncovered his genitals’.
They stated the attendant informed her about what occurred whereas they have been on a hike shortly after the London journey.
She was ‘actually upset’ and visibly shaken and ‘didn’t know what to do’, the good friend added.
The attendant informed her that work ‘started to dry up’ after she refused the tech mogul’s advances.
After turning into satisfied that not accepting Musk’s proposal had disadvantaged her of alternatives at work, the attendant employed a lawyer and despatched a grievance to HR, it's claimed.
In November 2018, SpaceX and the flight attendant allegedly reached a severance settlement exterior court docket, together with a $250,000 fee in alternate for not suing.
This additionally reportedly included non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements stopping the attendant from speaking about Musk, the corporate or the fee.
Musk took to Twitter final evening to denounce the claims in opposition to him as ‘completely unfaithful’.
‘I've a problem to this liar who claims their good friend noticed me “uncovered” – describe only one factor, something in any respect (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t recognized by the general public. She gained’t give you the chance to take action, as a result of it by no means occurred,’ he stated.
Musk, who can also be chief government of Tesla, stated on Wednesday that he would vote Republican as an alternative of Democrat, predicting a ‘soiled methods marketing campaign’ in opposition to him would comply with.
Hitting again on the claims, he stated there was a ‘lot extra to this story’ and referred to as it a ‘politically motivated hit piece’.
Yesterday he tweeted: ‘The assaults in opposition to me must be seen by means of a political lens – that is their customary (despicable) playbook – however nothing will deter me from combating for an excellent future and your proper to free speech.’
Musk claimed the article was an try and intervene along with his try to purchase Twitter.
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