Elon Musk denies report that he sexually assaulted a flight attendant in 2016 – Times of India

New York: Billionaire Elon musk has condemned as “completely untrue” claims in a news report that he sexually assaulted a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. business Insider Musk’s SpaceX Paid $250,000 in 2018 to Settle in, Reported Thursday sexual Harassment claim from an unnamed private jet flight attendant who accused Musk of exposing himself to her.
The article quoted an anonymous person as saying that she was a friend of the flight attendant. According to the article, the friend had made the statement as part of the private settlement process. “I have a challenge to this liar who claims that his friend saw me ‘exposed’ – describe only one thing, anything (scars, tattoos, …) that is not known by the public. Will not be able to, because it never happened,” Musk tweeted late Thursday. Reuters Business Insider was not able to verify the account. In a statement to Reuters, Business Insider said: “We stand by our story Which is based on documents and interviews and which speaks for itself”.
Business Insider quoted a friend of the flight attendant as saying that in addition to allegedly exposing himself, Musk rubbed the flight attendant’s thigh and offered to buy him a horse if he could during an in-flight massage “more “Will do it. According to Business Insider, the flight attendant became convinced that Musk’s refusal to accept the offer hurt his chances of working at SpaceX and prompted him to hire a lawyer in 2018. Business Insider said the rocket company settled out of court and included a non-disclosure agreement.
Musk, who is also Tesla’s CEO and is in the middle of a controversial attempt to buy Twitter, said on Wednesday that he would vote Republican instead of Democrat, predicting it would follow a “dirty trick campaign against me”. Will happen. The Business Insider article quoted Musk as saying that the flight attendant story was a “politically inspired hit piece”. Musk was the first to tweet on Thursday: “The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens – this is their standard (disgusting) playbook – but nothing keeps me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech.” Will not stop.” He also tweeted that the article was intended to interfere with the Twitter takeover.