Days after reports of Elon Musk s SpaceX paying $250,000 to settle sexual harassment allegations by a flight attendant, the billionaire entrepreneur said he does not have a flight attendant on planes and only fruit and nuts are stocked.
Musk wrote while replying to Tesla investor Sawyer Merritt on Twitter, Astute observers of my plane and there many will note that I don't use a flight attendant. On the plane, only fruit and nuts are stocked. I use flights as an opportunity to fast. Merritt had shared a link to an article about SpaceX President Gwynee Shotwell defending Elon Musk against sexual harassment allegations in an email to employees.
She wrote in the email accessed by CNBC News, Personally, I believe the allegations to be false, not because I work for Elon, but because I have worked closely with him for 20 years and never heard anything resembling these allegations. This is not the first time that Musk has disputed these allegations. On May 20, Musk said that these claims were utterly untrue. He followed this up and tweeted, But I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me exposed - describe just one thing, any scars, tattoos, that isn't known by the public. She won't be able to do so because it never happened. In another tweet on the same day, he said that all the attacks against him should be viewed through a political lens: Musk said that The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens, but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech. Last week, Business Insider had reported that SpaceX paid $250,000 for a sexual harassment claim from an unnamed private jet flight attendant. The attendant accused Musk of exposing his private parts and rubbing her leg without her consent. He purportedly offered to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.