Elon Musk insisted that he’s given influencer Ashley St. Clair $2.5 million following her claims that the X CEO is the father of her newborn child.
“I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out. No court order is needed,” Musk, 53, wrote on Monday, March 31 via X. “Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year.”
Musk was responding to The Daily Mail publishing video footage of St. Clair apparently handing over the keys to her Tesla outside of her Manhattan apartment building after selling the vehicle.
“I need to make up for the 60 percent cut that Elon made to our son’s child support,” St. Clair, 26, insisted.
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St. Clair, who said she last spoke to Musk on February 13, had a pointed response when asked if she thought Musk was being “vindictive” about their custody dispute.
“Well, that’s his modus operandi, when women speak out,” she continued. “You can check the stocks, I’m not the only one who is cleaning up after his messes.”
After Musk claimed to have given St. Clair $2.5 million on Monday, she replied via X by alleging that the tech executive “refused” a chance to take a paternity test before the 6-month-old child’s birth.
“Elon, we asked you to confirm paternity through a test before our child (who you named) was even born. You refused,” she wrote on the Musk-owned social media platform. “And you weren’t sending *me* money, you were sending support for your child that you thought was necessary… until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for ‘disobedience.’ But you’re really only punishing your son. “
St. Clair continued, “It’s ironic that your last effort in court was to try to gag me while you use a social media channel you literally own to distribute derogatory messages about me and our child to the entire world. It’s all about control with you, and everyone can see it. America needs you to grow up, you petulant man-child.”
The influencer and writer announced on February 14 that she had allegedly given birth to the Tesla founder’s 13th child.
“Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father,” St. Clair wrote via X at the time. “I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause.”
She went on, “I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment. For that reason, I ask that the media honor our child’s privacy, and refrain from invasive reporting.”
One week later, St. Clair filed a lawsuit against Musk in New York Supreme Court to seek sole custody of their child. In her initial court filings, St. Clair alleged that Musk had only met her son “three times” but had “acknowledged parentage of the child in various written correspondences.”
St. Clair’s lawyers later requested that Musk attend a court hearing at the New York County Courthouse in New York City on May 29. At this hearing, Musk’s legal team will have the chance to argue that he should be exempt from taking a paternity test.
Musk shares six children with ex-wife Justine Wilson, to whom he was married between 2000 and 2008, as well as three kids with former partner Grimes (real name Claire Boucher). Grimes and Musk welcomed son X Æ A-Xii in May 2020 and daughter Exa Dark Sideræl the following year. The former couple, who split in 2022, also share a son named Techno Mechanicus.
Additionally, the tech mogul has four children with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis. Zilis made a surprising announcement on February 28 that her and Musk’s youngest son Seldon Lycurgus, his 14th child overall, had recently been born.
“Discussed with Elon and, in light of beautiful [daughter] Arcadia’s birthday, we felt it was better to also just share directly about our wonderful and incredible son Seldon Lycurgus,” she wrote via X. “Built like a juggernaut, with a solid heart of gold. Love him so much ♥️.”
