SpaceX President Backs Elon Musk Over S*xual Harassment Allegation

• Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and also the Chief Engineer and CEO at SpaceX made headlines again after he was accused of s*xual harassment.

• The business mogul was said to have made sexual advances towards a flight attendant.

•  SpaceX President, Gwynne Shotwell has come out to defend the billionaire CEO.

It all started on a flight to London in 2016 when a female flight attendant was called to the service Of Elon Musk to offer a body massage.

Business Insider reported that when she entered the closet of the business mogul to render the services, he was exposing his genitals and touched her. 

Last week, the worker’s friend claimed that she reached a $250k agreement with Elon Musk to close the case after she reported him to the company’s board.

Amid all these claims, Gwynne Shotwell the president of SpaceX strongly believes that the allegation is false. 

In her email to employees, she said:

 “Personally, I believe the allegations are false; not because I work for Elon, but because I have worked very closely with him for 20 years and I have never seen or heard anything resembling these allegations,”

In the same mail, she added she wouldn’t usually comment on legal matters involving employment, however, she was making an exception for Musk.

Tesla’s CEO reacted to the allegation via a post he made through his verified Twitter account. He described the person who presented this testimony as a “far-left activist from Los Angeles.”

In addition to that, the business mogul also claimed that the allegations are all politically motivated and aim to come between his proposed Twitter buyout deal.

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