Elon Musk Hopes Sergey Brin’s Wife Sues WSJ Over Article Alleging Affair; Journal Stands by Story

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorElon Musk has denied a Wall Street Journal report alleging he had an affair with Nicole Shanahan, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Shanahan has also called the story false — and now Musk says he hopes Shanahan sues the outlet for defamation.On Sunday, the Journal published a report alleging that Musk, the high-profile tech mega-billionaire who is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, had a “brief affair” with Shanahan in early December.

That led Brin to file for divorce from Shanahan and ended the friendship between Musk and Brin, according to the WSJ story, citing anonymous sources “familiar with the matter.”Musk, who’s currently locked in a legal battle with Twitter over his attempt to walk away from his $44 billion acquisition agreement, fiercely denied the WSJ story shortly after it was published. “This is total bs,” he tweeted. “Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!” Musk said he had seen Shanahan only “twice in three years, both times with many other people around.

Nothing romantic.” “Haven’t even had sex in ages (sigh),” he posted later, and said in another tweet, “I work crazy hours, so there just isn’t much time for shenanigans.”Shanahan also denied the Journal report via her lawyer Bryan Freedman.