Elon Musk exposed his erect penis to a flight attendant employed by SpaceX in 2016 and offered to buy her a horse in exchange for sex, according to allegations in a new report from Insider. The report cites a settlement for $250,000 between SpaceX and the unnamed woman, Insider reports, documentation Gizmodo has not independently verified.
Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, reportedly displayed his penis while preparing to receive a massage from the flight attendant as part of her professional duties, according to Insider, which spoke with a source who is friends with the woman. The victim did not reveal the story to Insider herself because she’s under a non-disclosure agreement, according to the news outlet.
The unnamed woman apparently saw her shifts cut back after the incident with Musk and felt that she was being “pushed out” of the company.
The cash settlement between SpaceX and the unnamed woman was entered into in the state of California in 2018, which passed a law that same year making non-disclosure agreements illegal in these types of arrangements. The unnamed woman is presumably still bound by the terms of her NDA, though the friend who spoke to Insider would not be bound by such an agreement.
“Before the incident, she regarded Mr. Musk as a person to look up to,” a written declaration by the woman’s friend says, according to Insider. “But after he exposed himself, touched her without permission, and offered to pay her for sex, she was full of anxiety.”
For his part, Musk pushed back against the story without actually denying the existence of a sexual harassment settlement with an employee. In fact, the Tesla CEO’s statement to Insider included some strange logic.
“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 told Insider.
“Finally, we get to use Elongate as a scandal name,” Musk tweeted overnight.
“It’s kinda perfect,” the tweet reads, ending with a cry-laughing emoji.
Musk also made some cryptic tweets this week about how he was now a full-fledged Republican and that Democrats were trying to damage his reputation. He also tweeted that “political attacks on me will escalate dramatically in coming months,”—a tweet sent just a few hours after Musk was reached for comment by Insider, according to John Cook, the investigations editor at Insider.
