Conservative author and influencer Ashley St. Clair has sued Elon Musk for legal custody of the son she claims they welcomed last fall, which would be the 13th child born to the controversial billionaire.
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The children’s book author, 26, filed the petition on Friday in New York Supreme Court, according to documents viewed by People. She also filed a paternity petition seeking to legally establish Musk as the father of the 5-month-old boy, referred to in the documents as R.S.C.
According to User Mag, which first reported the news, St. Clair claims she and the 53-year-old Tesla CEO began a romantic relationship in May 2023 before conceiving R.S.C. in January of last year. She reportedly gave birth to the boy on September 17.
Although the SpaceX CEO allegedly claimed “parentage of the child in various written correspondences,” as seen in screenshots included in the filing, St. Clair said Musk has refused to publicly acknowledge R.S.C. as his own.
Musk was not there for the boy’s birth and “has had no involvement in his care and upbringing,” the documents stated. St. Clair claimed Musk has only met their child three times, the last being in late November, and that he had never asked to see the boy or checked on his well-being without her initiating.
In one screenshot of texts shared in the filing, a sender appearing to be Musk seemingly urged St. Clair to keep quiet about their son, citing “threat level(s)” amid the presidential election. Musk was one of Donald Trump’s top campaign donors and has since been named the head of the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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