# Musk

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-09**: Musk denies the claim — Musk posts on X that St. Clair was never offered $40 million and has a history of making false claims.
- **2026-09-08**: St. Clair alleges $40M silence offer — At a press conference after the Venice Film Festival premiere of Alex Gibney's 'Musk,' St. Clair says she declined a $40 million offer not to participate.
- **2025**: St. Clair discloses Musk as father — St. Clair publicly identifies Musk as the father of her child, about a year after the birth.
- **2024**: St. Clair gives birth to child — Ashley St. Clair and Elon Musk welcome a child together, though paternity is not publicly disclosed until 2025.
- **2022**: Musk acquires Twitter, later rebranded X — Elon Musk completes acquisition of Twitter and later renames it X, laying the basis for St. Clair's claims about platform-driven division.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Musk's $40M 'Silence Offer' Claim Raises NDA and Defamation Questions
2026-09-13 21:34:02 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Ashley St. Clair's claim that she declined a $40 million offer to stay silent in a Musk documentary raises immediate legal questions about oral NDAs, defamation liability, agency, and family law. Musk has categorically denied the allegation, setting up a possible high-stakes battle over evidence and credibility.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/ashley-st-clair-40m-musk-nda-defamation-legal

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