Five family members accuse Errol Musk of sexual abuse, NYT reports

Errol Musk, the 79 year old father of tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, has been accused by family members of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren over roughly three decades, according to a detailed investigation published Tuesday by The New York Times. The allegations, which span incidents in South Africa and California beginning in 1993, include claims that a then four year old stepdaughter was inappropriately touched and that a separate incident involved a minor being groped as recently as 2022.

The Times said its reporting is based on police and court records, personal correspondence, social worker reports and interviews with relatives. The earliest allegation dates to 1993 when the stepdaughter, later identified in reporting as Jana Bezuidenhout, told relatives that Errol Musk had touched her at the family home in Pretoria. A decade later, family members say the same woman accused him of sniffing her soiled underwear while she was a teenager during a visit to California. Relatives also told investigators that Errol abused two daughters and a stepson, and that a 2022 episode involving a five year old prompted a social worker and family members to intervene.