Elon Musk SpaceX flight attendant

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has hit back at accusations he settled a sexual harassment claim, branding them 'wild'

The rocket company made the settlement out of court and included a nondisclosure agreement which prevented the flight attendant from speaking about it, Business Insider said. The article quoted an anonymous person who said she was a friend of the flight attendant. The case was then settled in 2018, it said.

Billionaire says report is 'utterly untrue' after allegation he paid $250k in 2018 to settle claim.

The attendant hired a lawyer in 2018 and sent the allegations to SpaceX’s HR department. She felt “she was being pushed out and punished for refusing to prostitute herself”, says the declaration. The attendant was a cabin crew member who was contracted to work for SpaceX’s corporate jet fleet.

According to the declaration made to support the claim, the victim was pushed to get licensed as a masseuse so that she could give massages to Musk and was ...

During the massage, as per the declaration, Musk exposed his genitals and then touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would continue with an erotic body massage. He also wrote the report off as a 'politically-motivated' one. According to the declaration made to support the claim, the victim was pushed to get licensed as a masseuse so that she could give massages to Musk and was also propositioned by him in a private cabin on his Gulfstream G650ER.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk denied the sexual assault claim and called the story a "politically motivated hit piece."

The flight attendant told her friend that Musk asked her to come to his private room during a 2016 flight for a "full body massage," according to the declaration. He reportedly exposed himself to her during the massage, touched her, and urged her to "do more" in exchange for a horse. He also said the platform has a "strong" left-wing bias. The attendant reportedly found Musk "completely naked except for a sheet covering the lower half of his body." The SpaceX CEO requested more time to respond, and while Business Insider did give him more time, he did not respond by press time. The attendant worked on a contract basis in the cabin crew for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet.

American billionaire and Tesla founder Elon Musk has denied offering "a horse in exhange for an erotic massage" during a private jet flight.

Musk asserted the alleged incident “never happened”. The details in this story are drawn from the declaration as well as other documents, including email correspondence and other records shared with Insider by the friend.” According to Business Insider, the SpaceX flight attendant worked on a contract basis for the aerospace company’s corporate jet fleet.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk denied the sexual assault claim and called the story a "politically motivated hit piece."

The flight attendant told her friend that Musk asked her to come to his private room during a 2016 flight for a "full body massage," according to the declaration. He reportedly exposed himself to her during the massage, touched her, and urged her to "do more" in exchange for a horse. He also said the platform has a "strong" left-wing bias. The attendant reportedly found Musk "completely naked except for a sheet covering the lower half of his body." The SpaceX CEO requested more time to respond, and while Business Insider did give him more time, he did not respond by press time. The attendant worked on a contract basis in the cabin crew for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet.

Business Insider reported on Thursday that Musk's SpaceX paid $250000 to settle claim.

The rocket company made the settlement out of court and included a nondisclosure agreement which prevented the flight attendant from speaking about it, Business Insider said. Reuters was not able to verify the Business Insider account. The article quoted an anonymous person who said she was a friend of the flight attendant.

The world's wealthiest man strongly denied a published claim that SpaceX paid a flight attendant $250000 for her silence about the supposed incident.

She won't be able to do so, because it never happened." It cited a woman who said she was a friend of the flight attendant. The report said Musk, who was receiving a massage from the woman during a flight on a private jet to London, exposed his erect penis to her, touched her leg without consent, and asked her to perform a sex act.

An Insider investigation found that a SpaceX flight attendant accused Musk of exposing himself and propositioning her for sex in late 2016.

He also called the story "politically motivated hit piece." In October 2016, Musk also announced that Tesla was planning to develop solar roofs. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging..."

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has denounced as "utterly untrue" claims in a news report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet ...

The rocket company made the settlement out of court and included a nondisclosure agreement that prevented the flight attendant from speaking about it, Business Insider said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com The article quoted an anonymous person who said she was a friend of the flight attendant. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk denied the sexual assault claim and called the story a "politically motivated hit piece."

The flight attendant told her friend that Musk asked her to come to his private room during a 2016 flight for a "full body massage," according to the declaration. He reportedly exposed himself to her during the massage, touched her, and urged her to "do more" in exchange for a horse. He also said the platform has a "strong" left-wing bias. The attendant reportedly found Musk "completely naked except for a sheet covering the lower half of his body." The SpaceX CEO requested more time to respond, and while Business Insider did give him more time, he did not respond by press time. The attendant worked on a contract basis in the cabin crew for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet.

The SpaceX CEO disputes a report alleging that his company settled a sexual misconduct claim for $250000, after he exposed himself and propositioned a ...

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Business Insider reported that Elon Musk's SpaceX paid US$250000 in 2018 to settle a sexual harassment claim from a flight attendant who accused Musk of ...

The rocket company made the settlement out of court and included a nondisclosure agreement which prevented the flight attendant from speaking about it, Business Insider said. The article quoted an anonymous person who said she was a friend of the flight attendant. Reuters was not able to verify the Business Insider account.

Elon Musk has denied sexual misconduct allegations reportedly made by a former SpaceX flight attendant, which were brought to light in a report from ...

"They began brewing attacks of all kinds as soon as the Twitter acquisition was announced," he wrote in another tweet. Citing a declaration from a friend of the flight attendant, neither of whom were identified, Insider reported the flight attendant accused Musk of asking her to give him a massage in a private room on an airplane in 2016. But when someone is particularly wealthy and powerful, they literally have systems that are like a machine working for them, to set them up to be able to do whatever they want." Someone with that level of power causing that kind of harm and then throwing some money at the situation, that's not accountability. Once she was in the room, the declaration stated, Musk "exposed his genitals," "touched her" and "offered to buy her a horse if she would 'do more,' " Insider reported. Elon Musk has has denied what he calls "wild" and "utterly untrue" accusations after Insider reported a former SpaceX flight attendant alleged sexual misconduct by Musk on a company airplane.

Elon Musk, who is in the process of buying Twitter, used the social media platform to respond to the allegation.

She said the company was “so rife with sexism, the only remedy is for women to leave”. The report also said the flight attendant was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits her from discussing the payment or anything else about Musk and SpaceX. SpaceX has previously faced allegations of male workers sexually harassing women.

A report in Business Insider describes allegations by a SpaceX flight attendant who accused Musk of exposing himself and propositioning her.

According to Insider (formerly known as Business Insider), the flight attendant had been encouraged by her superiors to secure a masseuse license so she could give Musk massages. She won’t be able to do so, because it never happened.” “She didn’t know what to do.” Insider said it reached out to SpaceX’s vice president of legal, Christopher Cardaci, who declined to comment. “They began brewing attacks of all kinds as soon as the Twitter acquisition was announced,” Musk tweeted Friday morning. Neither is identified by name.