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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nElon Musk has demanded full custody of his one-year-old son with Ashley St. Clair after she spoke out about her support for the transgender community.<\/p>\n
Billionaire Musk, 54, said he plans to petition a judge to have their son, Romulus, taken away from St. Clair, 27, after the conservative influencer apologized online for transphobic comments she had previously made.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be filing for full custody today, given her statements implying she might transition a one-year-old boy,\u201d Musk wrote Monday on X.<\/p>\n
St. Clair never said anything about plans to transition their son, whom she announced last year had been born in September 2024.<\/p>\n
However, she shared a statement in response to social media users asking her to address \u201cblatant transphobia\u201d in her past comments about Vivian Wilson, Musk\u2019s estranged 21-year-old daughter. Musk has repeatedly deadnamed Wilson and been outspoken about his conservative stance against trans people.<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Elon Musk said he is seeking full custody of his son with Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley\/X\/Reuters)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cI feel immense guilt for my role,\u201d St. Clair wrote on X. \u201cAnd even more guilt that things I have said in the past may have caused my son\u2019s sister more pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued, \u201c[I don\u2019t really know] how to make amends for many of these things, but I have been trying incredibly hard privately to learn + advocate for those within the trans community that I\u2019ve hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
St. Clair said she has previously been hesitant about retracting her past statements out of fear that it would be painted as \u201cdisingenuous.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEven this reply will become right wing hysteria but yeah I am sorry,\u201d she wrote. \u201cLet me know how I can help.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Ashley St. Clair is a conservative influencer who says she has a one-year-old son with Elon Musk (@stclairashley\/X)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Elon Musk is the father of at least 14 children (AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nMusk, who is the father of 13 other children, has previously said he was unsure if St. Clair\u2019s child is his. However, after St. Clair wrote on X that Musk \u201cfinancially retaliated\u201d against their child, he insisted that he gave St. Clair $2.5 million as well as $500,000 a year to raise the boy.<\/p>\n
St. Clair fired back that Musk \u201crefused\u201d to take a paternity test for Romulus, whom the Tesla CEO purportedly named, adding: \u201cAnd you weren\u2019t sending *me* money, you were sending support for your child that you thought was necessary\u2026 until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for \u2018disobedience.\u2019 But you\u2019re really only punishing your son.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, St. Clair accused Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence bot on X, Grok, of being used to generate inappropriate sexual pictures of her as a child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Elon Musk has demanded full custody of his one-year-old son with Ashley St. Clair after she spoke out about her support for the transgender community. Billionaire Musk, 54, said he plans to petition a judge to have their son, Romulus, taken away from St. Clair, 27, after the conservative influencer apologized online for transphobic comments she had previously made. \u201cI will be filing for full custody today, given her statements implying she might transition a one-year-old boy,\u201d Musk wrote Monday on X. St. Clair never said anything about plans to transition their son, whom she announced last year had been born in September 2024. However, she shared a statement in response to social media users asking her to address \u201cblatant transphobia\u201d in her past comments about Vivian Wilson, Musk\u2019s estranged 21-year-old daughter. Musk has repeatedly deadnamed Wilson and been outspoken about his conservative stance against trans people. open image in gallery Elon Musk said he is seeking full custody of his son with Ashley St. Clair (…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}