Nonetheless, each Mr Musk and Ms Shanahan denied their alleged affair.
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin has quietly finalized his divorce from Nicole Shanahan, a lawyer and entrepreneur, after allegations that she had an affair with billionaire Elon Musk, Page Six reported. As per courtroom paperwork, the couple’s divorce was confirmed on Could 26. They are going to now break up authorized and bodily custody of their 4-year-old daughter.
Although Mr Shanahan didn’t contest the divorce, she requested the courtroom to award her spousal assist, the courtroom papers stated. They settled different points together with lawyer charges and division of belongings in confidential arbitration.
Notably, the 2 first began relationship in 2015, the identical 12 months Mr Brin finalized his divorce from his first spouse Anne Wojcicki, and ultimately tied the knot in 2018, as reported by Business Insider.
Nonetheless, they break up in 2021 and began residing individually, after which Mr. Brin filed for divorce in January 2022, citing ”irreconcilable difference”. As per the New York Post, he filed for divorce a few month after his spouse allegedly had a short affair with Elon Musk, with whom he had been pals for years. Nonetheless, each Mr Musk and Ms Shanahan denied their alleged affair.
”Sergey and I are pals and have been at a celebration collectively final night time. I’ve solely seen Nicole twice in three years, each occasions with many different individuals round. Nothing romantic, ” he wrote on X, on July 25, 2022, in response to a Wall Avenue Journal article titled”Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair”.
That is complete bs. Sergey and I are pals and have been at a celebration collectively final night time!
I’ve solely seen Nicole twice in three years, each occasions with many different individuals round. Nothing romantic.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
In the meantime, Ms. Shanahan known as the scandal ”utterly debilitating”. She insisted that she was by no means much more than pals with Mr Musk.
”Did Elon and I’ve intercourse, prefer it was a second of ardour, after which it was over? No. Did we’ve a romantic relationship? No. We did not have an affair,” she claimed in July. Nonetheless, the Wall Avenue Journal stated that they’re ”assured in our sourcing, and we stand by our reporting.”
The 50-year-old Google co-founder is the ninth richest particular person on this planet with a web price of $118 billion, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Ms. Shanahan, 34, is a California-based lawyer and the founder and president of Bia-Echo Basis, as per her Linkedin profile.