In Feb, 2025 St. Clair, who is 26, claimed via her X handle that she delivered a son for Musk, it will be Musk's (founder of Tesla) 14th known child. The child's birth had been secret for protection of the child's privacy and safety. Musk had earlier on question the paternity of the child on his social platform.

But reports from wall street journal reveal that Elon Musk offered Ashley St. Clair, an influencer a one-off $15 million payment including a $100,000 monthly payment for the child secret upkeep.

The reports also mentioned that Musk who is 53, named their son Romulus, though she agreed to keep Musk's name off the child's birth certificate, but the results of a recent paternity test showed that Musk’s “probability of paternity” stood at 99.9999%, per the report.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Jared Birchall, described as Musk’s “longtime fixer,” is the one that offered St. Clair a financial package including $15 million for a house and living expenses, plus $100,000 until the baby turned 21. In exchange, St. Clair was asked to sign an agreement keeping the child’s father and her relationship with Musk a secret.

In an alleged text message to St. Clair, seen by the WSJ, Musk described himself as “number two after Trump for assassination,” thus deeming it too dangerous for news of the child’s paternity to be made public. He added that “only the paranoid survive.”

St. Clair reportedly declined the offer, feeling that it would make her son feel “illegitimate,” said the WSJ piece. The agreement contained a clause that prevented her from disparaging Musk, but didn’t offer her the same protection. St. Clair was also concerned that the agreement didn’t cover financial support for their child in the event he became gravely ill, nor did it provide for a trust fund should Musk die before the child turned 21, the report said.