Ashley St. Clair disclosed the substantial sum of money Elon Musk allegedly offered her to keep quiet after she welcomed her child, following a paternity test that indicates he is ‘99.9999%’ likely to be the father of the newborn.
The 26-year-old conservative influencer shared that she gave birth to Musk’s baby at the beginning of February, marking the 14th publicly acknowledged offspring of the tech mogul. She announced on Tuesday that her newborn son is named Romulus.
Despite Musk never officially acknowledging the child as his own, he and St. Clair are presently embroiled in a legal dispute, which included the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO undergoing a paternity test to establish his biological connection to the child.
DailyMail.com spoke to St. Clair in March about the financial difficulties she was facing during her tussle in court with Musk, even going as far as selling her Tesla.
Now, St. Clair is revealing Musk – who claimed he’s provided her at least $2.5 million to date in March – offered her $15 million and $100,000 a month to not publicly disclose Musk is the father of the child until he turns 21.
Jared Birchall, Musk’s fixer, told St. Clair that this is similar to what Musk has agreed with the other mothers of his children, who include pop star Grimes and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis.
Musk demanded that she deliver the baby via a caesarian section – he believes doing so allows for a baby to have a larger brain – and not undergo a circumcision. St. Clair is Jewish and wanted a natural birth so she rejected both, The Wall Street Journal reported.
St. Clair did comply, however, with the request of leaving Musk’s name off of Romulus’ birth certificate – which Birchall made while she was inducing labor – but she did prepare by hiring an attorney, against Birchall’s wishes.
Ashley St. Clair (pictured) revealed the financial and insider details behind the creation of her newborn baby with Elon Musk, as a paternity test determined he is 99.9999% likely to be the father
The conservative influencer, 26, revealed that she’d given birth to Musk’s (pictured) child in early February
Birchall then demanded St. Clair sign papers that would keep Musk’s parentage a secret as an exchange for the $15 million and $100,000 a month.
The agreement prevented her from ever saying anything negative about Musk but did not stipulate the same for him about her.
Musk even tried to influence her decision by saying he was under threat of assassination due to his support of Donald Trump. She refused to sign.
The pair met in spring 2023 via social media and Musk invited her to visit the X offices in San Francisco, when St. Clair was the operations manager and conservative humor site The Babylon Bee.
He eventually invited her to a trip on his private plane to Rhode Island to visit one of his children at school.
Musk spoke frequently about having children with St. Clair, telling her ‘pick a name’ after the first time they had sex.
On a vacation over New Year’s heading into 2024, St. Clair revealed she had been ovulating.
Musk asked: ‘What are we waiting for?’
St. Clair revealed Tuesday that the newborn, a boy, is named Romulus
Musk allegedly wanted multiple residencies in the same community where all of the women and the children – which insiders suggest is ‘much higher’ than the known about 14 – would live. The one of the mothers who lives in the gated community is Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis (pictured center left)
St. Clair said that they conceived Romulus soon after.
Ironically, St. Clair is credited with one iconic piece of Musk merchandise tying him to Trump: his infamous ‘Dark MAGA’ gothic styled hat which he wore to several events leading up to the election.
That wasn’t the end of Musk’s plans for St. Clair, however, as he tried to get her to move to an Austin ‘compound’ to spend time with himself and the rest of what he calls his ‘kid legion.’
Musk allegedly wanted multiple residencies in the same community where all of the women and the children – which insiders suggest is ‘much higher’ than the known about 14 – would live.
The one of the mothers who lives in the gated community is Zilis, as even Musk only ‘comes and goes’ and Grimes rejected the request.
Zilis is seen as a ‘steadying force’ for Musk who has ‘special status’ in his life, with Musk both spending time with her on the compound and bringing her to big ticket events, including ones at the White House as Musk has run the Department of Government Efficiency.
Grimes appears to have the worst relationship of Musk’s mamas, who has publicly aired her anger at the SpaceX CEO for having their son X out at public events with his father and President Trump.
St. Clair said Birchall told her that, while Zilis often experiences ‘contentment’ with the situation, he felt Grimes isn’t ‘ever going to find true happiness.’
Grimes (pictured left) appears to have the worst relationship of Musk’s (pictured center) mamas, who has publicly aired her anger at the SpaceX CEO for having their son X out at public events with his father and President Trump
Crypto journalist Tiffany Fong (pictured), 30, was forced to deny rumors that she is pregnant with Elon Musk’s child
She settled a custody lawsuit with Musk last August with the pair alternating weeks with their three children, including X.
St. Clair notes the irony of having been consistently texted updates on the case between Musk and Grimes while now being ensnared in her own tumultuous tussle with the X CEO.
All of this is going on as Musk continues to seek out new mothers, including glamorous crypto journalist Tiffany Fong, who has been forced to deny rumors that she is pregnant with Elon Musk’s child after St. Clair’s reveal.
She was sent a direct message by Musk in November, after interacting with him on social media, which had earned her $21,000.
Musk asked if she wanted to join the legion before ever meeting in person. Fong rejected him on the basis that she wanted a more traditional family.
Fong vehemently denied the claims to DailyMail.com in February, and said she has never even met Musk in person.
She also took to her social media page to fight the claims, writing on Saturday: ‘Wow, according to the Internet I’m ‘pregnant.’ Congrats to me, this is huge news!!!
‘As far as I know, I am not pregnant, but thank you!!!’ she wrote in a follow-up post.
Jared Birchall, Musk’s fixer, demanded St. Clair sign papers that would keep Musk’s parentage a secret as an exchange for the $15 million and $100,000 a month
Ironically, St. Clair is credited with one iconic piece of Musk (pictured left) merchandise tying him to Trump (pictured right): his infamous ‘Dark MAGA’ gothic styled hat which he wore to several events leading up to the election
Birchall appears as an ominous go-between for St. Clair with Musk during the entire ordeal.
St. Clair said that Birchall explained what Musk wanted out of the arrrangement.
‘Privacy and confidentiality is the top of the list in every aspect of his life, every aspect, and his entire world is set up to be, like, a meritocracy,’ he allegedly told her.
Birchall – who Musk employs to handle negotiations with his potential baby mamas – added that ‘when people do good work’ the benefits flow.
Despite all this, St. Clair said that Musk was often quite nice during her pregnancy, having sent her flowers on Mother’s Day and her birthday.
She even experimented with being around the ‘kid legion,’ arranging playdates between her son from a previous relationship and some of Musk’s younger kids. St. Clair has even met Musk’s mother Maye.
In November, she sent Musk a selfie. He responded: ‘I want to knock you up again.’
DailyMail.com spotted St. Clair handing over the keys to her black Model S outside her Manhattan apartment in late March.
St. Clair told DailyMail.com in March she’s been forced to sell her Tesla after the world’s richest man cut her child support in half
And she had some choice words for the man she says is father to her son.
‘I need to make up for the 60% cut that Elon made to our son’s child support,’ she told a DailyMail.com reporter who witnessed her handing the $100,000 car over to a representative from the online auto sales giant Carvana.
When asked if she felt Musk was being ‘vindictive’ toward her, St. Clair, responded: ‘Well, that’s his modus operandi, when women speak out.
‘You can check the stocks, I’m not the only one who is cleaning up after his messes.
She said of anti-Tesla protests: ‘The markets are catching up to what I have known for a long time.
DOGE chief Musk – who is currently entangled in a custody lawsuit with St. Clair – addressed the rumors on X, the social media platform he owns, on Monday.
‘I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out. No court order is needed, he said.
He then spelled out the amount of money he has provided the conservative influencer.
The one of the mothers who lives in the gated community is Zilis (pictured left), as even Musk only ‘comes and goes’ and Grimes rejected the request
St. Clair said Birchall told her that, while Zilis often experiences ‘contentment’ with the situation, he felt Grimes (pictured left) isn’t ‘ever going to find true happiness’
‘Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year.’
St. Clair immediately clapped back, calling Musk a ‘petulant man-child’ who needed to take responsibility.
‘Elon, we asked you to confirm paternity through a test before our child (who you named) was even born. You refused,’ she said.
She also clarified that it wasn’t sending her money but ‘sending support for your child that you thought was necessary… until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for “disobedience.” But you’re really only punishing your son.’
St. Clair then referenced his most recent move in court, an attempt to silence her, while he posts on X.
‘It’s ironic that your last effort in court was to try to gag me while you use a social media channel you literally own to distribute derogatory messages about me and our child to the entire world. It’s all about control with you, and everyone can see it.’
She dropped one last insult to the CEO of multiple companies and Donald Trump’s closest ally in Washington: ‘America needs you to grow up, you petulant man-child.’
Musk has yet to respond directly to St. Clair on social media.
Musk last commented on the child and his arrangement with St. Clair in an X post on March 31
St. Clair went public in a bombshell post on Musk’s social media site X in Februray, sensationally revealing the Tesla and SpaceX owner to be the father of her baby boy, born in September last year.
She says Musk ‘slid into my DMs’ in May 2023, and that the child, who has been named publicly only by his initials ‘R.S.C.’, was conceived early January 2024 on a trip to the island of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean.
Musk, 53, has not publicly acknowledged the child as his own, but has responded with cryptic emojis to posts on X about St. Clair’s claims.
St. Clair filed a paternity and a custody lawsuit in a New York court on February 21, claiming Musk told her to keep the baby secret, then ghosted her and their son in the middle of child support negotiations, forcing her to go public and take legal action.
A source close to the case told DailyMail.com that since going public, Musk ‘retaliated’ by slashing her payments in half ‘unilaterally’, leaving St. Clair struggling to make ends meet.
The source described the billionaire’s actions as ‘shocking and shameful’ but did not acknowledge the alleged payments admitted by Musk on Monday.
‘Ever since she got pregnant and then had the baby, Elon’s been providing support money to her,’ the source said. ‘But he had a fairly specific list of requirements, including not acknowledging he’s the father.
‘Since the moment she objected to the level of control he demanded, he’s withdrawn from her completely. When she went public with the fact that the baby was his, he’s never spoken to her again.
Musk (pictured center), Zilis (pictured left) and three of his children were pictured during a meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (pictured right) on February 13
Elon Musk and his first wife Justine Wilson (pictured right) had six children, including one who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 2002
‘When this thing went into court for custody and paternity, he cut the support payments way back. He cut it by more than half.
‘It’s a substantial reduction, and he obviously did it as a form of retaliation for her going into court,’ the source claimed.
St. Clair also has a three-year-old son from a previous partner, New York chiropractor Johnny Alexander.
She has been raising the toddler and baby with the help of a full-time nanny at her rented three-bed apartment in downtown Manhattan.
‘She bought a Tesla so she’d have a car to transport both the children in. Now she’s selling it because she needs to raise money to cover the expenses she has that Elon has simply not paid.
‘She’s been living on her own. She gets no logistics assistance from Elon. And all of a sudden, she’s punitively given much less money to raise this child than she’s ever had.’
The alleged behavior has given some close to St. Clair a low opinion of Musk.
‘The richest guy in the world, to treat a woman that he made a baby with this way, is shocking and shameful,’ the close source told DailyMail.com.
Musk and his four sons Griffin, Damian, Kai and Saxon are seen here with Pope Francis in 2022
Musk’s lawyers successfully petitioned the New York judge to seal the case on March 14, keeping its details secret and limiting St. Clair’s ability to speak out.
‘This guy, who is supposedly dedicated to transparency and accountability in government, the first thing he did when he went into court was to try to gag Ashley so that she couldn’t say anything, even as he was unilaterally cutting her support,’ the source said.
St. Clair’s custody petition, obtained by DailyMail.com before the case was sealed, made damning claims against the confirmed father of 12 by three women.
She stated she was ready to go all-in on the relationship, agreeing to ‘relocate to Austin, Texas upon the child’s birth’, then switching to remaining in New York at his request from July last year.
But the court documents paint a callous picture of Musk, claiming he chose not to be present at his son’s birth, that he has only met him three times, and ‘has had no involvement in his care and upbringing’.
She claimed Musk ‘first met R.S.C. on September 21, 2024 in New York City for two hours. He then spent one hour visiting R.S.C. and me the next day, September 22, 2024.’
‘The next, and last time that Respondent saw our child was on November 30, 2024 in Austin, Texas, for only thirty minutes,’ the February 21, 2025 filing said.
‘Respondent has never asked to see our child on any other occasion, he has never communicated to me about our child without my prompting, he has never asked for photos of our child or checked in after doctor’s appointments.’
Though filings are now sealed, the case dockets are still visible – and contain hints that the judge is sympathetic to St. Clair’s case.
Her attorney Karen Rosenthal filed a proposed ‘order to show cause’ in St. Clair’s custody case on March 20, likely asking the judge to order Musk to provide responses and engage in the case or face a default judgment, along with 12 exhibits.
Eight days later, Judge Jeffrey Pearlman appears to have acquiesced, issuing the order.
The only filings from Musk’s lawyers in the case, Alyssa Rower and Jennifer Isaacman of Rower LLC, are about having it sealed.
