The richest man in the world is accused of exposing himself in front of a flight attendant during a private flight in 2016. He denies outright and denounces “political” attacks.
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The takeover of Twitter is not the only file that occupies Elon Musk. The multi-billionaire and entrepreneur is accused of sexually assaulting a flight attendant in 2016, reports an article (link in English) from the American online media The Insider published Thursday, May 19. The man denied in block and evoked a conspiracy “Politics”.
The facts described by the article would have taken place during a private flight of the company SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk: the 50-year-old businessman is accused of having shown his erect penis to a flight attendant. the look that was giving her a massage, as well as touching her leg without her consent and asking her for a sexual act. The woman sued for inappropriate behavior, but the company ended the case in 2018 with a $250,000 court settlement, according to the article, which cites testimony from a friend of the complainant.
These charges are “totally false”retorted the boss of Tesla on Twitter. “The attacks on me have to be viewed through a political prism – it’s their (despicable) usual way of doing things”, he added on the social networkwithout specifying who he was aiming for.
“I challenge this liar who says her friend saw me ‘discovered’: name me one thing, anything (scars, tattoos…) that is not publicly known, did he declare. She can’t do it, because it never happened.” The businessman, who recently got closer to the Republicans, had tweeted Wednesday that “political attacks” against him went “increase dramatically in the coming months”.