Elon Musk has publicly belittled The Wall Street Journal after the paper published an extensive report claiming the billionaire is secretly trying to create a ‘legion’ of offspring. The article included an in-depth account from 26-year-old conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, who claims Musk bought her silence after she gave birth to a baby supposedly belonging to him back in February.

Musk, within hours, was bashing the Journal – touting it as worse than TMZ. ‘TMZ WSJ,’ the billionaire wrote. It wasn’t his first time panning the paper, which he branded as ‘trash’ back in January.

The barb came in direct response to a separate report surrounding his alleged pervasive drug use and concerns it was causing his companies’ directors. The Wednesday report alleged the billionaire is building a massive brood ahead of a prospective population collapse – a clandestine campaign now creating ‘harem drama’.

On paper, Musk has fathered at least 14 children by four women – but the Journal report suggests the true number is much higher. Armed with a paternity test said to be ‘99.9999 percent’ accurate, St. Clair (pictured) claimed Musk allegedly offered her $15million and $100,000 a month to not disclose he is the father of her child – an arrangement she says is in place with several other women. She said Musk strategically recruits ‘candidates’ like her through X – before hitting them with NDAs. ‘The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies – and Their Mothers,’ the WSJ piece’s headline blasted, bolstered by a portrait style photo of St. Clair and her son, Romulus. 

‘The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump,’ a subhead insisted as well. ‘[Musk] recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.’ The report them jumps directly into St. Clair’s perspective, and her efforts to get Musk, 53, to take a paternity test before giving birth.

That put her into contact with Musk’s fixer, Jared Birchall (pictured), whom fielded her concerns during a two-hour phone call that took place in December, according to the Journal. ‘I don’t want my son to feel like he’s a secret,’ St. Clair told Birchall at the time Birchall, Musk’s longtime fixer, told the 26-year-old how his boss was a ‘very big-hearted, kind and generous person,’ but that her going ‘the legal route’, from his experience, ‘always, always leads to a worse outcome for that woman’.

She went on to give birth the following February, before which Musk – whom helped name the child after some reservations as to whether it was actually his – reportedly offered her the $15 million and $100,000-a-month. She nearly accepted, after being told the stipend was similar to what Musk has agreed with the known mothers of his children, such as the popular musician Grimes and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis. The article includes tidbits like Musk demanding she deliver the baby via a caesarian section – based on the belief that doing so allows for a baby to have a larger brain.

He also required he not undergo a circumcision. St. Clair is Jewish and wanted a natural birth so she rejected both, the 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. She did, however, prepare by hiring an attorney – a move that reportedly went against Birchall’s wishes. Birchall then demanded St. Clair sign papers that would keep Musk’s parentage a secret in exchange for the aforementioned pay – and agreement that reportedly prevented her from ever saying anything negative about Musk.

The alleged document, however, did not stipulate the same for him about her, and Musk even tried to sway her decision by saying he was under threat of assassination due to his support of a now president Trump. She refused to sign, allowing her the ability to speak out. She recalled how she met Musk in spring 2023 when he reached out vie the website he bought for $44billion the year before to invited her to visit its offices then in San Francisco. At the time, 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, the Journal reported.

During and in between these meet ups, Musk spoke frequently about having children with St. Clair, even going as far to tell her to ‘pick a name’ after the first time they had [sexual intercourse], the Journal reported. On a vacation over New Year’s heading into 2024, St. Clair revealed she had been ovulating – an admission that allegedly led Musk to ask her: ‘What are we waiting for?’ St. Clair said that they conceived Romulus soon after, after which Musk allegedly tried to get her to move to an Austin ‘compound’ to spend time with himself and an array of other women and children he is calling ‘kid legion.’ Musk allegedly wanted multiple residencies in the gated community, essentially seeking take it over.

One of the mothers who lives in the gated community is Zilis (pictured with Musk), seen as a ‘steadying force’ within the cult-esque compound, St. Clair claimed. As for Musk, he ‘comes and goes’ as he pleases, she said.

Grimes (pictured) – whom Musk never married but was met with a custody battle over their three kids – reportedly rejected the request. Musk, meanwhile, enjoys a ‘special status’ when he is there, said St. Clair – recalling her time there spent as well and Musk bringing her to big events at the White House. St. Clair recalled being consistently texted updates on the custody case between Musk and Grimes from Musk himself.

Grimes settled a custody lawsuit with Musk last August, with the pair alternating weeks with their three children, including X Æ A-1, seen with his father at the UFC fights in Miami Saturday and in the Oval Office several times. St Clair conceded she even experimented with becoming a part of the ‘kid legion’ during her pregnancy, arranging playdates between her son from a previous relationship and some of Musk’s younger kids. She says she has even met Musk’s elusive mother Maye.

In November, she sent Musk a selfie, to which he reportedly 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. She claimed Musk recently cut her child support by more than half, and was now selling her black Model S Tesla to make ends meet. He addressed the rumors on X, before the Journal report published two days later.

‘I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out. No court order is needed,’ Musk said at the time, before detailing the amount of money he claims to have sent the conservative influencer. ‘Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year,’ he said, spurring a response from St. Clair – on that branded him ‘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.’ She also referenced his most recent move in court – one she framed as 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,’ she wrote this week. ‘It’s all about control with you, and everyone can see it.’ Musk has yet to respond directly to St. Clair on social media.

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