Elon Musk’s Alleged Affair Is The Talk Of Twitter

On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal released a bombshell report.

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They allege that Elon Musk had an affair with Sergey Brin’s wife.

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Sergey Brin is the co-founder of Google with an estimate net worth of $95 billion dollars.

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The two tech giants have been friends for a long time and Musk has even crashed on his couch many times over the years.

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In 2008, Brin gave Musk around $500,000 dollars to support Tesla during the economic downturn.

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WSJ reported that Musk had a brief affair with Brin’s wife, Nicola Shanahan, last December.

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A person close to her said that the couple was separated but still living together at the time.

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In January, Brin filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

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He also ordered his advisors to liquidate his investments in several of Musk’s companies.

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