Ashley St. Clair says Elon Musk reduced her monthly child support payments by a combined $80,000 after she publicly revealed their son, according to claims she makes in the new documentary “Musk.” St. Clair, 28, a former conservative influencer, says the cuts came in stages tied to her decisions not to sign a nondisclosure agreement and to later go public about their child, according to Page Six.
The claims have not been verified through court filings or independent confirmation, and they come from statements St. Clair makes in the documentary rather than from a document made public by a court. A representative for Musk, 55, did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
What St. Clair Claims About The Child Support Cuts
St. Clair says in the documentary that she was initially offered $15 million and $100,000 a month in child support if she agreed to sign an NDA keeping her relationship with Musk private. She says she turned it down.
“St. Clair previously said she could not ‘in good conscience’ sign the NDA,” according to Page Six. She has said she rejected the deal because she didn’t want her son to “feel like he’s a secret.”
According to St. Clair’s account in “Musk,” Musk then cut her monthly support to $40,000 after she declined the NDA. She says the amount dropped again, to $20,000 a month, after she publicly revealed their son, Romulus St.
Clair, in February 2025. Romulus is now two years old. The reported $80,000 figure appears to reflect the gap between the original $100,000 monthly offer and the $20,000 St.
Clair says she now receives, though the documentary does not spell out the calculation.
What Remains Unverified
The specifics of the reductions, including exact dates and any paperwork behind them, have not been independently confirmed outside of St. Clair’s statements in the documentary. No court order, settlement document or financial record has been made public to corroborate the figures.
Musk has previously said he paid St. Clair $2.5 million and stated he was “not against finding out” whether he is Romulus’ father, according to Page Six. That statement predates the documentary’s release and was not made in direct response to the child support claims detailed in it.
Background On The Custody Dispute
St. Clair says her relationship with Musk began in 2023 after he started engaging with her posts on X. She recalls him responding to a Mother’s Day post by telling her she should have more children, and says he later told her, “We should have a kid.
You should have so many more kids. You should have 10 kids.”
St. Clair has said in a TikTok video that “things started getting weird” between them once she became pregnant. In the documentary, she says Musk was “kind” until Romulus was born, adding, “It was almost as if he didn’t show a certain side of himself until after I had our baby.”
St. Clair’s legal team alleges the ongoing custody battle over Romulus led Musk to substantially reduce his financial support, which she says has left her facing eviction. At the Venice Film Festival premiere of “Musk,” St. Clair claimed Musk sent her a text message before she gave birth saying he wanted a “legion of children before the civil war.”
St. Clair also claims in the documentary that Musk may have fathered more children than publicly known, saying other women contacted her about messages from him. She described one case involving a woman in Japan, saying Musk “obliged” a request for what she called a sperm donation. Musk recently had his 14th child, Seldon Lycurgus, with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, who has said Musk ended their relationship “with no warning.”
What’s Next
No court hearing date or ruling tied to these specific child support claims has been reported. The documentary’s release has already drawn attention on social media, after TikTok permanently suspended an account tied to the film. Readers following the custody dispute should watch for any official response from Musk’s representatives or new filings in the case.
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