Elon Musk is accused of sexually harassing a SpaceX flight attendant. This rising case was responded to by this billionaire with a joking tone.
When bad news about him spread widely, Musk immediately denied the information.
He then responded to the issue of sexual harassment scandal with a joking tone. In fact, Musk named his case 'Elongate'.
"Finally, we can use Elongate as the name of the scandal. That seems perfect," Musk wrote on his Twitter account ending in a laughing emoji.
Elon Musk's tease quoted his tweet a year ago, when there was an issue of sexual harassment that befell him.
Finally, we get to use Elongate as a scandal name. It’s kinda perfect. 🤣 https://t.co/qSNH7lsn72
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
Media Insider reported that the harassment incident occurred when Elon Musk was traveling with one of his private planes on a flight to London, in 2016 or 6 years ago. No mention was made of the type of aircraft in question, but he did often use private jets.
The flight attendant, who works for SpaceX, was not identified and reportedly agreed to accept money to cover up the case with Elon Musk. He was paid USD 250,000 by SpaceX for not filing a lawsuit.
The flight attendant also signed an agreement prohibiting her from saying negative things about Musk and his company, including SpaceX and Tesla. This includes talking about the payment itself.
The chronology of the case has also been reported by Insider. During the massage session, Musk allegedly took off the cloth that covered his lower body and to the stewardess. While touching the stewardess's leg, Musk reportedly offered to buy her a horse if he wanted to do more. The flight attendant is said to have refused Elon Musk's wishes.
"If I was involved in sexual harassment, this may not be the first to be revealed in my 30 years of career," Musk said in his response to the Insider media that carried the news.
In other words, Elon Musk claims that if there is such a case, it should have been revealed long ago. Later on Twitter, Elon also defended himself that the emergence of this sexual harassment case to the surface was due to politics.
"The attacks against me must be seen through a political lens, this is their standard game, but nothing will stop me from fighting for a good future and your right to freedom of speech," he said.
