Overview
- The report says multiple relatives accuse Errol Musk of abusing five children and stepchildren over decades in South Africa and California.
- The first recorded allegation dates to 1993 involving a four-year-old stepdaughter, with additional claims from two biological daughters and a stepson.
- The New York Times says it reviewed more than 50 emails, letters, notes and messages detailing the alleged abuse.
- Police and court records indicate three probes were opened, two were closed, the status of the third is unclear, and no convictions are recorded.
- Errol Musk denies the accusations as false; Elon Musk did not comment to the Times, and relatives report a 2023 claim by a five-year-old that prompted family and a social worker to intervene.