A SpaceX flight attendant who worked as a member of the cabin crew on a contract basis for the company’s jet fleet says that Elon Musk exposed himself to her and propositioned her for sex, according to documents reviewed by Business Insider. To secure her silence, the company paid her $250,000, the news outlet reported.
According to the report, the attendant accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage. The incident, which took place in 2016, is alleged in a declaration signed by a friend of the attendant and prepared in support of her claim.
The report states that “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 the declaration, the attendant confided to the friend that after taking the flight attendant job, she was encouraged to get licensed as a masseuse so that she could give Musk massages. It was during one such massage in a private cabin on Musk’s Gulfstream G650ER, she told the friend, that Musk propositioned her,” Business Insider reports.
“The flight attendant told her friend that the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla founder asked her to come to his room during a flight in late 2016 ‘for a full body massage,’ the declaration says,” according to The Insider. “When she arrived, the attendant found that Musk ‘was completely naked except for a sheet covering the lower half of his body.’ During the massage, the declaration says, Musk ‘exposed, his genitals and then ‘touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would ‘do more,’ referring to the performance of sex acts.”
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, according to the report. “She is not going to perform sexual favors for money or gifts.” The incident occurred during a flight to London.
In response, Musk sent an email to Business Insider, calling the story a “politically motivated hit piece.”
Read the full report at Business Insider.
