Ashley St. Clair is suing Elon Musk for sole authorized custody of their toddler son.
St. Clair filed the petition for custody with the New York Supreme Courtroom on Friday, Feb. 21. Within the petition, St. Clair mentioned New York is the house state of the kid, who goes by R.S.C.
The writer, 26, alleges within the petition that Musk is the daddy of the boy, who was born in September 2024 (the precise date has been redacted within the submitting). She claims that Musk was not current at R.S.C.’s beginning and “has met him solely three (3) occasions and has had no involvement in his care and upbringing.”
Though she acknowledged that Musk is R.S.C’s father, she additionally filed a paternity petition together with the custody petition.
Within the petition, she says that she and Musk started a “romantic relationship in or about Might 2023,” and the 2 had intercourse in January 2024, at which period R.S.C. was conceived.
St. Clair says that Musk “acknowledged parentage of the kid in varied written correspondences” together with a textual content message alternate after R.S.C.’s beginning. St. Clair says she despatched Musk a photograph of her and the new child shortly after his beginning, to which she claims Musk responded, “I sit up for seeing you and him this weekend.” She included a screenshot of the alleged alternate in her petition.
When discussing security issues, she claims Musk mentioned, “If I make a mistake on safety, [R.S.C.] won’t ever know his father,” which she says is one other acknowledgment of parentage.
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St. Clair says Musk ultimately met his son on Sep 21, 2024, and spent two hours with them, after which for one hour the subsequent day. She says the final time Musk noticed R.S.C. was November 30, 2024, for less than half-hour.
Per week earlier than that assembly, she claims that Musk texted her “I need to knock you up once more” on November 24, 2024. Three months later, she claims Musk texted her once more: “Properly, we do have a legion of youngsters to make.”
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“Ashley St. Clair has filed paternity and custody petitions to guard the very best pursuits of her youngster,” her consultant Brian Glickich tells PEOPLE completely. “She has made each effort to collaborate with Mr. Musk earlier than taking this step. She has no additional touch upon the contents of the petitions, which communicate for themselves.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Musk’s reps and attorneys.
St. Clair has requested the courtroom “subject a summons, warrant or order requiring the Respondent to indicate trigger why the Courtroom shouldn’t enter a declaration of paternity, an order of help and such different and additional reduction as could also be applicable beneath the circumstances.”
In her lawyer affirmation, St. Clair’s lawyer Karen B. Rosenthal writes: “This agency has been coping with Respondent’s lawyer and consultant, Alyssa Rower from Rower, LLC, in an try to resolve this matter privately. The legislation agency has workplaces in Manhattan and Westchester, New York. Nonetheless, his representatives have been nonresponsive previously to resolve the excellent points and Respondent has indicated that he not needs to resolve problems with custody and help amicably.”
Rosenthal defined that as a result of Musk’s position within the Trump administration, having him served on the White Home wouldn’t be attainable because of the excessive stage of safety there.
Musk has welcomed 13 kids with 4 ladies, counting the alleged youngster with St. Clair. St. Clair’s lawsuit comes at some point after Musk’s former companion and mom of three of his kids, singer-songwriter Grimes, pleaded with him on X to cease ignoring their kid’s “medical disaster.”
“Plz reply about our kid’s medical disaster,” she wrote partially on Thursday, Feb. 20. “He will not reply to texts name or emails and has skipped each assembly and our youngster will endure life lengthy impairment if he would not reply asap.”
Grimes didn’t disclose particulars on the medical disaster or which youngster it concerned.
Charmaine Patterson contributed to this report.
