Musk was noticeably mute on an Insider report that SpaceX, another of Musk's interests, paid an employee $250,000 to settle a sexual harassment allegation against him in 2016.
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According to an Insider story, SpaceX paid a female employee $250,000 to settle a claim that she was sexually harassed by Elon Musk in 2016.
The payment was paid in 2018 to an unidentified flight attendant who worked as a contract employee on a SpaceX corporate plane, according to the online news service, citing interviews and documents, including a declaration signed by a friend of the attendant in support of her allegation.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., based in Hawthorne, California, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Musk did not respond to a request for comment sent by email. A text message sent to Alex Spiro, Musk's outside counsel, was not returned.
According to the story, the flight attendant said that Musk exposed himself and propositioned her during a flight in a private area on the plane. According to the report, Musk offered to buy the attendant a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.
The employee accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, massaging her leg without her consent, and trying to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, according to interviews and documents obtained by Insider.
After the flight attendant's attorney asked him to sign a declaration supporting the claims in 2018, one of the flight attendant's pals told Insider about the allegations.
The flight attendant reportedly refused to perform any sexual acts on Musk and was "very furious" following the journey, according to the article.
The flight attendant reportedly protested to SpaceX's HR department in 2018, stating that her career had suffered as a result of her refusal, according to Insider. According to sources, the firm took the case to a mediator rather than a judge or arbitration, and the attendant signed a $250,000 severance agreement that forbade her from criticising Musk or his firms, including SpaceX and Tesla. This contained a general discussion of payment.
SpaceX is based in California, which prohibits firms from including non-disclosure terms in agreements like the one in question. Soon after the settlement agreement, the 'Stand Against Non-Disclosure Act' was signed into law.
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