Around the time he was said to have exposed himself and sexually propositioned a flight attendant, Musk was in the middle of a divorce, dating the actress Amber Heard, and developing The Boring Company.
An Insider investigation by Rich McHugh found that the flight attendant accused Musk of exposing his erect penis, touching her leg, and offering to give her a horse in exchange for a sexual favor in late 2016 She declined his proposal, per documents and interviews procured by Insider.
Musk was in the middle of divorce proceedings with Talulah Riley. Musk announced their divorce in 2012 and the couple remarryed in 2013). In December of 2014, Musk filed for divorce from Riley, but withdrew the paperwork seven months later. Their divorce was finalized in October of 2016 after their relationship ended.
Musk was rumored to be dating Heard, whom he met at the Met Gala in May 2016
The high-profile defamation trial against her ex, Johnny Depp, revealed more details about Musk and Heard's yearlong relationship. When Heard started dating Musk, she felt nothing and her soul was dead, according to Heard's therapist.
Musk announced in October 2016 that he was planning to develop solar roofs. Musk won a $2 billion lawsuit from his shareholders in April 2022, after he won the SolarCity deal a month later.
In December of 2016 Musk came up with the idea of The Boring Company. Traffic is driving me nuts. I'm going to build a tunnel boring machine.
It will be called The Boring Company, Musk said.
The flight attendant was paid $250,000 in exchange for her silence about the allegation.
Musk told Insider that there is a lot more to the story, and on Friday morning he called the accusations "utterly untrue."
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