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THE New York Times conducted a damning investigation this week into Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vice presidential running mate — yes, the same third-party candidate who recently claimed a worm ate part of her brain.
The story is deeply unflattering, suggesting that RFK Jr likely chose Shanahan as his running mate primarily because she has a huge amount of money to contribute to his campaign. She earned most of that fortune, said to be more than $1 billion, as part of a divorce settlement from Google co-founder Sergey Brin – a hasty separation, according to the newspaper. , through a ketamine tryst with SpaceX and the CEO of Tesla. Elon Musk.
“At that party, Elon Musk and Ms. Shanahan took ketamine, a popular legal prescription drug, and disappeared together for several hours, according to four people briefed on the event and related documents,” the ministry said. New York Times reported. “Ms. Shanahan later told Mr. Brin that she had had sex with Mr. Musk, three of the people said. She also relayed the details to friends, family and advisers.”
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To close Musk watchers, there won’t be many unfamiliar words in that last paragraph. The CEO has been dogged by rumors of infidelity – including previous allegations regarding the affair with Shanahan – as well as drug use, including ketamine.
But the story also contains new details that appear unfavorable to Musk. On the one hand, the multi-hyphenate billionaire has defended his ketamine use in the past by claiming it was prescribed. While there is some interest in the drug’s potential therapeutic benefits for mental health, there is also a lot of skepticism among experts. Ultimately, most people take it just to have a good time — and slamming it at a party in the context of an extramarital affair doesn’t seem very clinical at all.
This is not where the lack of professionalism ends either. Musk has long had a hostile dynamic with the Google co-founders, feuding with Brin co-founder Larry Page over Musk’s fear of artificial intelligence (although, confusingly, Musk now appears to have reversed his cautious view of AI and launched his own AI company.)
There is, however, a clear line between disagreeing with someone’s view on technology and sleeping with your spouse as part of some kind of macho power play – a long-standing pattern in Musk’s behavior .
One thing is certain: as usual, the rich think that special rules should apply to them.
“I’m shocked that the New York Times would let you run something like this,” Shanahan emailed New York Times in response to questions about the story.
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