New Documentary Claims Elon Musk Offered Ex-Partner $40 Million Silence Fee

A lump sum of $40 million, alongside a monthly allowance of $100,000, lie at the center of one of the most intriguing economic claims revealed in a new documentary about Elon Musk. According to Ashley St. Clair, his former partner and the mother of one of his children, a team representing the world's richest man offered her the money in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. She stated that after she refused to sign, the entire offer was rescinded.

The claim appears in the film "Musk" by veteran director Alex Gibney, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The four-hour documentary, filmed over three years, goes beyond the billionaire's personal story. It examines how his wealth, power, and influence were built, from his days as a software entrepreneur to his emergence as a central figure in the electric vehicle and space industries, as well as the political arena.

Alongside criticism of how Musk accumulated his economic power, the film depicts how that power connects to public and political influence through the social network X, which he acquired in 2022.

St. Clair also claims that Musk wrote to her expressing his desire to have a child with her because he needed a "legion of children before the civil war." The two had a son born in 2024, though they have since separated.

The picture presented by the film is of a system where money, stock value, control of a social platform, and political power feed into one another. Within this framework, the alleged multi-million dollar offer to St. Clair is framed not merely as a personal dispute, but as an expression of economic might that reportedly allows Musk to attempt to resolve conflicts using sums that are nearly unimaginable by ordinary standards. Neither Musk nor his representatives provided a response to the claims within the original report.