Elon Musk reportedly supplied conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair a one-time $15 million fee and $100,000 per 30 days to maintain their child a secret.
In February, St. Clair posted, “5 months in the past, I welcomed a brand new child into the world. Elon Musk is the daddy.” She added,
“I’ve not beforehand disclosed this to guard our little one’s privateness and security,” and, “I intend to permit our little one to develop in a traditional and protected surroundings. For that motive, I ask that the media honor our little one’s privateness and chorus from invasive reporting.”
In accordance with The Wall Road Journal, Musk’s aide supplied the deal in change for secrecy, with their son named Romulus and Musk’s identify left off the start certificates. A paternity take a look at confirmed a “chance of paternity” of 99.9999%.
In a textual content to St. Clair, Musk allegedly stated he’s “#2 after Trump for assassination,” and added, “solely the paranoid survive.” She declined the supply, feeling it could make her son really feel “illegitimate.”
Musk reportedly dropped the $15M supply and diminished month-to-month funds from $100K to $20K. In March, he acknowledged, “I don’t know if the kid is mine or not, however am not towards discovering out. No courtroom order is required. Regardless of not realizing for positive, I’ve given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/yr.”