Musk accused of having an affair with Sergey Brin’s wife

Elon Musk had an affair with Google Co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan, leading to him filing for divorce from her. However, Musk denied the allegations saying Sergey is his friend. Musk explained in a tweet, “Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night. I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic.”

Sergey Brin had filed for divorce from Shanahan earlier this year because of irreconcilable differences. Musk’s brief affair with Shanahan began in December last year, when she was separated from her husband but still living with him.

Shanahan is a California-based attorney and founder of legal technology company ClearAccessIP and the Bia-Echo Foundation, a philanthropic organisation that promotes reproductive longevity & equality, criminal justice reform and a healthy & livable planet.

Musk and Brin are known to be long-time friends. The Google co-founder had provided Musk $500,000 when Tesla was struggling during the financial crisis of 2008. But recently, according to The Wall Street Journal, Brin has asked his advisors to sell off his stakes in Musk’s companies.