Elon Musk Ordered to Appear in New York City Court over Custody Issues with Ashley St. Clair

Mar. 15, 2025

Elon Musk (left); Ashley St. Clair (right).Photo:Marc Piasecki/Getty; Ashley St. Clair/X

Marc Piasecki/Getty; Ashley St. Clair/X

Elon Muskhas been ordered to appear in a New York City court, asAshley St. Clairsues him for sole custody of his 13th child.

The New York Supreme Court judge overseeing the case, Jeffrey H. Pearlman, will also hear arguments about whether or not Musk should be ordered to pay child support to St. Clair.

An attorney for St. Clair, Karen B. Rosenthal, told PEOPLE in a statement that Musk has still not accepted the court filing, either in person or via his attorneys.

“Despite requests, Mr. Musk has still not accepted service of the motion papers via his alleged attorneys, which is easy enough to do,” Rosenthal said in a statement.

Ashley St. Clair.Ashley St. Clair/x

Ashley St. Clair/x

“As a result of avoiding personal service, he has prolonged the litigation and caused unnecessary distress. It should be noted that no attorney has opted in to the NYSCEF system claiming they represent Mr. Musk,” she added. “We don’t have anyone we can properly speak with. It’s unnecessary gamesmanship when there’s an infant involved.”

“We want to avoid attempting service at the White House and at other sensitive locations,” an attorney for St. Clair writes in one email, listed in the evidence filing. “Attempting service at the White House would, in our view, be sub-optimal optics for Elon, and Ashley would like to avoid doing this.”

Elon Musk.SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK

Although she stated that the X owner is R.S.C’s father, she also filed a paternity petition along with the custody petition.

In the petition, she says that she and Musk began a “romantic relationship in or about May 2023,” and the two had intercourse in January 2024,at which time R.S.C. was conceived.

St. Clair says that Musk “acknowledged parentage of the child in various written correspondences” including a text message exchange after R.S.C.’s birth. St. Clair says she sent Musk a photo of her and the newborn shortly after his birth, to which she claims Musk responded, “I look forward to seeing you and him this weekend.” She included a screenshot of the alleged exchange in her petition.

St. Clair says Musk eventually met his son on Sept. 21, 2024, and spent two hours with them, and then for one hour the next day. She says the last time Musk saw R.S.C. was Nov. 30, 2024, for only 30 minutes.

The conservative influencer made headlines on Feb. 14 when she posted an announcement toXsaying that she and Musk have a child together, his 13th.

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“I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment,” said St. Clair. “For that reason, I ask that the media honor our child’s privacy, and refrain from invasive reporting.”

Musk is also a father to children Nevada, Vivian, Griffin, Kai, Saxon, Damian, X Æ A-12, Exa, Strider, Azure, Techno and his second youngest child. He shares his children with his ex-wife, Canadian authorJustine Wilson, singer-songwriter Grimes(whose real name is Claire Boucher)and Neuralink Corp.’s directorShivon Zilis.

Representatives for Musk did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

source: people.com