Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter on Sunday (24) that he is not involved in an affair with Nicole Shanahan, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
The billionaire’s statement comes after the publication of a report in the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal who cited unnamed sources as saying he had been involved in a brief affair with Shanahan.
According to the report, the affair prompted Brin to file for a divorce from Shanahan earlier this year and ended the tech billionaires’ longtime friendship.
“Sergey and I are friends and we went to a party together last night! I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both with lots of other people around. Nothing romantic,” said the executive on Twitter.
After repercussions on social media, Musk criticized the American newspaper’s report and said that it is not the first time that the vehicle discloses untrue cases about him.
“The WSJ has done so many successful plays against me and Tesla that I have lost count! It’s embarrassing for them, frankly. They once wrote an article saying the FBI was about to arrest me so I called the FBI to ask what was going on and they said the WSJ article was total bullshit,” he tweeted.
Also on Twitter, Elon Musk responded to some followers and mocked the repercussion of the case.
“Call them [The Wall Street Journal] to talk about it, I think”, replied the CEO after a comment from a follower on the social network.
“The WSJ should have a high standard of journalism and at the moment they are very sub-tabloid. The WSJ should publish stories that really matter to its readers and have a solid factual base, not random third-party hearsay,” he added.
the case
According to the report, Brin filed for divorce from his wife citing “irreconcilable differences,” citing records that were filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court. THE Reuters was unable to independently determine whether divorce papers were filed.
The text also says that Brin instructed his advisers to sell personal investments in Musk’s companies after he learned of the case. The American newspaper said it was not able to determine the size of these investments, nor if any sales were made.
The Wall Street Journal did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on Musk’s denial of the report outside of normal US business hours.
Tesla and Google, whose parent company is Alphabet, also did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside of business hours.
Reuters was unable to contact Brin or Shanahan. A lawyer for Brin declined to comment with the WSJ, and Shanahan did not respond to the newspaper’s requests for comment.
*With information from Reuters
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