The richest man in the world, involved in family conflicts. Photo: Reuters
A transgender daughter of Elon Musk, owner of the Space X and Tesla companies, submitted an application to formal request to change surname and sexto break all ties with his father.
“I no longer live with my biological father and I don’t want to be associated with him in any way“, wrote the young woman in her application presented the day after completing the 18 yearsaccording to the news agency AFP.
The request was filed in April before a court in Santa Monica, California, but was only revealed over the weekend, mainly by various US media outlets.
born as Saverio Alexander Muskask to be called Vivian Jenna Wilson to match her name to her gender and take her mother’s maiden name, divorced from Elon Musk in 2008.
Elon Musk, with his sons Griffin (left) and Xavier (right) and his ex-wife, Talulah Riley. AP photo
The young woman is one of five children Elon Musk had with the writer Justin Wilson. The couple divorced in 2008 and the children have been living with their mother ever since.
The US media has not disclosed more details about the estrangement between Elon and his daughter so far, but in the documents the site has accessed. TMZ It is mentioned “A clear break”therefore “it is not just a transition”.
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Elon Musk and Grimes had two children, but they are already separated.
Neither party officially referred to the matter, but the US press recalled the words of the richest man in the world about transgender people.
In a message posted on Twitter, the social network that has tried to acquire in recent months, expressed: “I am absolutely in favor of trans, but all these pronouns are an aesthetic nightmare“.
Musk has two other children with Canadian artist Grimes. The couple maintains an open relationship. They live apart and hang out with other people.
However, in 2020, Musk starred in an episode with Grimes via Twitter that was badly received by the “trans” community. At that moment he tweeted “pronouns suck”. So, he sent out a message in some kind of apology that wasn’t convincing.
The news of the resignation of the surname change of Saverio Alexander Musk It comes a month after several milestones that have shocked the environment of the richest man in the world.
SpaceX first came to light allegedly paid $ 250,000 to bury a sexual harassment complaint against the tycoon and a few days later the same company fired five employees who criticized Musk.
A group of former Tesla employees also lashed out at the tycoon by filing a lawsuit against the automaker claiming that his decision to carry out a “mass layoff” violates federal law, as the company did not notify the cuts in advance. to employment. .
The appeal was filed Sunday in Texas by two workers who were laid off from Tesla’s Sparks, Nevada plant in June. They claimed that more than 500 employees lost their jobs at the Nevada factory.
The workers say the company has failed to comply with federal laws on mass layoffs that require a 60-day notice period under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice Act, according to the lawsuit.
With information from agencies.
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Source: Clarin