Elon Musk calls sexual misconduct allegations ‘political hit piece’ — Analysis

Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and Tesla CEO claims that recent claims of sexual misconduct have against him. “political hit piece,”He believes that these should be looked at through a political lens. According to reports, the billionaire offered to give a female flight attendant a horse as part an agreement for severance in 2018.

According to an article published by Business Insider, the flight attendant worked in the cabin crew for SpaceX‘s corporate jet fleet. Musk was alleged to have asked the flight attendant for a full-body massage during a 2016 flight. He then allegedly touched her leg, offered her a horse and said he would buy her an erotica massage.

The Insider reports that the report is based in part on a sign declaration made by a friend to the attendant. The outlet spoke with them on conditions of anonymity, as she was concerned for her safety. The Insider also uses documents, emails, and other information relating to this incident. 

Although Insider claims to have the identity of this flight attendant, it has decided not to reveal the information. “she claims to be the victim of sexual misconduct,”She added that she personally has declined to comment.

The flight attendant’s friend claims that after having refused Musk’s advance, she felt that she was being pushed out of the company, and in 2018 decided to hire a lawyer and file a complaint to SpaceX’s human resources department. According to reports, the complaint was filed against SpaceX’s human resources department. “resolved quickly”Musk signed a severance deal with the attendant, granting her $250,000 and pledging not to file any lawsuit against the claimants. She also agreed to sign a non disclosure and nondisparagement contract, which prohibited the attendant from sharing information about Musk or his companies.

Musk stated that he had not heard of the allegations in a statement. He claimed there wasn’t. “a lot more to this story”And slammed it into the ground as a “politically motivated hit piece.”It was obvious to him that it would be a good idea to actually “inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light.” 

He also responded to the allegations via Twitter and demanded that his attackers be stopped “should be viewed through a political lens”They have been his critics. “standard(despicable) playbook”.

Musk replied to Tesla owners via Twitter and stated that he hadn’t responded to Business Insider reporters. “it was clear that their only goal was a hit piece to interfere with the Twitter acquisition. The story was written before they even talked to me.”

Musk continues the tradition by adding: “for the record, those wild accusations are utterly untrue”The challenge was issued “this liar who claims their friend saw me “exposed””, asking her to describe any feature, like a scar or tattoo, that the public doesn’t know about, insisting that she “won’t be able to do so, because it never happened.”

Musk had recently declared that he was voting Republican for the next midterm election. Musk stated that the Democratic Party, which Musk previously supported, is not something he considers to be true. “the kindness party,”It had been “the party of division and hate.”Musk concluded the tweet by suggesting that he would be made the target “their dirty tricks campaign.”

Indeed, Musk has been facing a wave of backlash on Twitter over the allegations and his endorsement of the Republicans; however the billionaire has still found a way to turn it into a meme, asking his supporters to refer to the scandal as “Elongate.”

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