Elon Musk reportedly got to his knees and begged forgiveness after his affair with the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin

• Elon Musk reportedly got to his knees and begged for forgiveness from Brin after he had an affair with the wife of the Google co-founder.

• Sources told the Wall Street Journal that the incident occurred at a party earlier this year.

• While Brin acknowledged the apology, the tech mogul did not speak, the Wall Street Journal reported.

After Google co-founder Sergey Brin divorced his wife in January after learning of her alleged affair with Elon Musk, Musk reportedly got on his knees and begged his old friend to forgive him.

Sources close to the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the incident occurred at a party earlier this year, and that while Brin has acknowledged an apology, the tech mogul is not speaking at this time.

The fallout stems from Musk’s reported affair with Brin’s wife, Nicole Shanahan, which the magazine reported began at the Art Basel art fair in Miami in December 2021. Sources told the magazine that Brin and Shanahan separated at the time but still lived together, and they experienced related difficulties. with COVID-19 and taking care of their little girl.

According to court documents, Brin filed for divorce in January, citing “irreconcilable differences”. In subsequent months, sources said his relationship with Musk soured, and Brin instructed his financial advisors to sell his investments in Musk’s various businesses. Among them is Tesla, in which Brin invested $ 500,000 in 2008.

“I hope that Sergey and I can move forward with dignity, honesty and harmony for our baby,” Shanahan told the Puck news site earlier this month.

The alleged affair took place when Musk broke up with his girlfriend Grimes. They have two children, one of whom is a daughter who was born via a surrogate in the same month of the relationship. The previous month, November 2021, Musk quietly had twins with one of his top executives, Siobhan Zelis, Insider’s Julia Black reported.

The news also comes as Musk faces a series of public career challenges, including a contentious legal battle with Twitter, after the Tesla CEO pulled out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform.

Read the original article on Business Insider