NonilexA NYT investigation found that a significant factor in #ElonMusk’s rupture with his father stems from accusations against #ErrolMusk of #ChildSexAbuse. The allegations have repeatedly spilled over into Elon Musk’s life as relatives have contacted him for help & he has sometimes taken action to intercede, according to personal letters, emails & interviews with family members.
The allegations against #ErrolMusk involve 5 of his children & stepchildren, whom he was accused of abusing in South Africa & California, acc/to police & court records, personal correspondence, social workers & interviews with family.
The earliest accusation was in 1993 when Errol Musk’s stepdaughter, then 4 years old, told relatives he had touched her at the family house. A decade later, the stepdaughter said she caught him sniffing her dirty underwear.
Some family members have also accused #ErrolMusk of abusing 2 of his daughters & a stepson. And as recently as 2023, family members & a social worker attempted to intervene after his then 5-yr-old son said his father had groped his buttocks.
3 separate police investigations were opened, acc/to police & court records, as well as family. 2 of the inquiries ended, while it’s unclear what happened in the third. Errol Musk, 79, has not been convicted of any #crime.
The abuse allegations have caused strife within the #Musk family, with some relatives turning to #ElonMusk — who is #ErrolMusk’s eldest child — for help. Around 2010, one relative wrote Elon Musk a 5-page letter about some of the accusations & implored him to intervene.
“We really need your advice, help & guidance in these matters because we daily see these children suffer,” the relative wrote….
It was unclear if #ElonMusk read the letter. But an assistant for him messaged a family member after relatives wrote to him about the abuse allegations. The billionaire has also provided financial support for his stepfamily & siblings from his father’s third marriage. He once tried to keep those family members in California, where they would be far from #ErrolMusk. He was not involved in the police investigations in South Africa.
#ErrolMusk, who has at least 9 children & stepchildren & has been married to 3 women, maintains a powerful grip over much of the family. The former stepdaughter, whom he was accused of touching when she was 4, said she later had a child with him when she was in her 20s. She has struggled with drug use, while her mother — who married Errol Musk twice — has grappled with mental health issues.
Juggling With EggsI feel very sorry for the children and step children involved. The implication is that if you are that rich you are above the law. That is a hideous state of affairs. But none of it can be solved by a family member who hung out with Epstein, has a rough history with his numerous ex-wives and is a ketamine addict.