Fox News Rallies to Elon Musk’s Defense Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Several Fox News hosts and commentators waved off the sexual misconduct allegations against Elon Musk on Friday, agreeing with the trollish billionaire that the timing of the story was “curious” and politically motivated.
Insider reported on Thursday evening that Musk paid a SpaceX flight attendant a $250,000 settlement after she accused him of exposing himself and propositioning her for sex during a massage on a flight. A declaration from the flight attendant’s friend also stated that the world’s richest man “touched her and offered to buy her a horse if she would ‘do more,’ referring to the performance of sex acts.”
Musk has denied the claim, saying that there’s “a lot more to this story” while complaining that this is a “politically motivated hit piece.” It also appears that Musk attempted to get ahead of the publication of the story, taking to Twitter to grouse that “political attacks on me will escalate in coming months” and that Democrats will launch a “dirty tricks” campaign against him just hours after Insider first reached out for comment on its report.