A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence.
SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Musk in 2018, Insider has learned.
After Insider contacted Musk for comment, he emailed to ask for more time to respond and said there is"a lot more to this story." The attendant, who rides horses, declined and continued with the massage without engaging in any sexual conduct. The attendant"is not for sale," the friend's declaration said."She is not going to perform sexual favors for money or gifts." The incident occurred during a flight to London.
"She figured things could just go back to normal and she would pretend like nothing happened," the friend told Insider."However, she started to feel as if she was receiving some sort of retaliation where her shifts were cut back, and she was starting to feel really stressed." The agreement also included restrictive non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses that bar the attendant from ever discussing the severance payment or disclosing any information of any kind about Musk and his businesses, including SpaceX and Tesla.
Remaining silent, the friend said, would make her complicit."When you choose to remain silent, yeah, you do become a part of that system," she said."You do become a part of that machine that allows someone like Elon Musk to continue to do the horrible things that he's done."
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