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Musk allegedly cut Ashley St Clair's child support after NDA refusal
Ashley St Clair says in a new documentary the payments fell to forty thousand dollars a month after she refused to sign an NDA; it's now public anyway.
Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on this story, from The Pile-On at 12:11 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Hindustan Times's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Hindustan Times: “Elon Musk allegedly reduced Ashley St Clair's child support from $100,000 to $20,000 after she revealed their son”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 12:11 PM ET on The Pile-On, by Gloria Vance, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: Elon Musk.
- BBN covered this story before: Musk child support, Albania and France protests, GLP-1 study (October 17).
The real story
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAshley St Clair says in a new documentary that Elon Musk cut her monthly child support after she refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe headline figure is a drop from one hundred thousand dollars to twenty thousand, though the film itself says forty thousand.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAllegedly, and I think we can all agree this is a communication opportunity that went in a different direction.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody signed, so now everybody gets to talk.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen governments buy silence for less.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHere the agreement was declined, the documentary was made, and the silence is probably headed for a streaming service.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish. An NDA is just a private conversation with a very long guest list, and the list just got longer.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhich list are we on?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe one where three people on television explain a document none of us have read.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen we're the sequel! I'm calling it The Panel, and I already have a vision board for it.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe're discussing a document nobody signed, on a show nobody asked for, about a film we haven't seen.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the most disclosed nondisclosure agreement in America.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd the one man who could clear it up is probably not going to comment on this program.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, is it raining on the documentary too?
More Shorts
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- Musk child support, Albania and France protests, GLP-1 study · New York Post
- Musk allegedly cut Ashley St Clair's child support after NDA refusal (this story)
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