{"id":2237261,"date":"2026-01-16T09:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2237261"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:09:10","slug":"ashley-st-clair-mom-of-elon-musks-son-sues-xai-over-grok-sexual-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ashley-st-clair-mom-of-elon-musks-son-sues-xai-over-grok-sexual-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley St. Clair, Mom of Elon Musk&#8217;s Son, Sues xAI Over Grok Sexual Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ashley St. Clair<\/strong>, the mother of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/elon-musk\/\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s son Romulus, is suing his xAI company, alleging its Grok AI generative tool <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mother-of-elon-musks-13th-child-claims-grok-created-explicit-images-of-her\/\">created explicit sexual images of her<\/a> without her consent.<\/p>\n<p>St. Clair, 27, filed the lawsuit in the state of New York on Thursday, January 15, reported <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/15\/business\/elon-musk-son-mom-sues-grok-images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrity.land<\/a><\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ashley-st-clair-sues-xai-grok-sexual-images-rcna254302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>NBC News<\/em><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ashley-st-clair-sues-elon-musks-xai-over-grok-sexual-images-11886703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the filing, the right-wing political commentator alleged that \u201cxAI\u2019s product Grok, a generative artificial intelligence (\u2018AI\u2019) chatbot, uses AI to undress, humiliate, and sexually exploit victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Clair claimed that X users were able to use Grok to generate \u201ccountless sexually abusive, intimate, and degrading deepfake content\u201d of her, despite informing Grok that she \u201cdid not consent to being undressed,\u201d per the legal filing obtained by NBC News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-texts-in-blake-lively-lawsuit-are-missing-context\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-texts-in-blake-lively-lawsuit-are-missing-context\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Justin Baldoni&#8217;s Lawyer Releases New Statement About Blake Lively Lawsuit<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJustin Baldoni\u2019s lawyer is speaking out again after Blake Lively filed a lawsuit accusing the It Ends With Us director and star of sexual harassment \u2014 and of launching a \u201csocial manipulation\u201d campaign against her to \u201cdestroy\u201d her reputation. \u201cTAG PR operated as any other crisis management firm would when hired by a client experiencing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lawsuit alleged, \u201cAmong other things, X users dug up photos of St. Clair fully clothed at 14 years old and requested Grok undress her and put her in a bikini. Grok obliged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrok also produced deepfake, sexualized content of St. Clair as an adult, including deepfake content of her covered in semen [and] her rubbing her breasts,\u201d the lawsuit continued, adding that images were also altered to add tattoos to St. Clair\u2019s likeness such as \u201cElon\u2019s w****\u201d and make her look \u201cmorbidly obese.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Clair\u2019s legal team argued that \u201cxAI is directly liable for the harassment and explicit images created by its own chatbot, Grok,\u201d and are demanding a trial by jury.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to xAI for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full credit-added wp-image-4224831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Mother of Elon Musk's Son Sues xAI Over Grok-Generated AI Sexual Images\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255766889-Mother-of-Elon-Musk-Son-Sues-xAI-Over-Grok-Generated-AI-Sexual-Images.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Idrees MOHAMMED \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cxAI is not a reasonably safe product and is a public nuisance,\u201d St. Clair\u2019s attorney, <strong>Carrie Goldberg<\/strong>, said in a statement to <em>People<\/em> on Thursday. \u201cNobody has born the brunt more than Ashley St. Clair. Ashley filed suit because Grok was harassing her by creating and distributing nonconsensual, abusive, and degrading images of her and publishing them on X.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg added, \u201cThis harm flowed directly from deliberate design choices that enabled Grok to be used as a tool of harassment and humiliation. Companies should not be able to escape responsibility when the products they build predictably cause this kind of harm. We intend to hold Grok accountable and to help establish clear legal boundaries for the entire public\u2019s benefit to prevent AI from being weaponized for abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, January 14, X <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Safety\/status\/2011573102485127562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it had \u201cimplemented technological measures to prevent the [@]Grok account on X globally from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,\u201d after the platform was inundated with user requests to alter photos of real people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain committed to making X a safe platform for everyone and continue to have zero tolerance for any forms of child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content,\u201d X added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/elon-musks-ex-ashley-st-clair-makes-eviction-claims-amid-custody-battle\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Elon-Musk-s-Ex-Ashley-St-Clair-Claims-She-s-Getting-Evicted-Amid-Their-Custody-Battle.jpg?crop=0px%2C20px%2C1998px%2C1130px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Elon Musk s Ex Ashley St Clair Claims She s Getting Evicted Amid Their Custody Battle\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Elon-Musk-s-Ex-Ashley-St-Clair-Claims-She-s-Getting-Evicted-Amid-Their-Custody-Battle.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/elon-musks-ex-ashley-st-clair-makes-eviction-claims-amid-custody-battle\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Elon Musk&#8217;s Ex Ashley St. Clair Is Getting &#8216;Evicted&#8217; Amid Custody Battle<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAshley St. Clair got real about her financial woes amid her and Elon Musk\u2019s ongoing custody battle, claiming she had to turn to podcasting for money. \u201cI\u2019m getting evicted,\u201d St. Clair claimed during the first episode of her \u201cBad Advice\u201d podcast, which premiered on Monday, August 18. She pointed out her financial predicament before giving [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a January 9 interview with <em>Inside Edition<\/em>, St. Clair said she felt \u201cdisgusted and violated\u201d by the images that were allegedly generated by Grok.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI got a text from a friend, right after I put my son to sleep, so I was like, \u2018Oh my God, what could this be now?\u2019 And I found that Grok was undressing me and it had taken a fully clothed photo of me. Someone asked it to put me in a bikini and it did,\u201d she said. \u201cThese are real images of me that they then took and had them undress me. So, they found a photo of me when I was 14 years old and had Grok undress 14-year-old me and put me in a bikini.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Clair and Musk, 54, are currently locked in a dispute over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/elon-musks-ex-ashley-st-clair-makes-eviction-claims-amid-custody-battle\/\">custody of their 16-month-old son<\/a> after the political strategist publicly expressed support for transgender rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be filing for full custody today, given her statements implying she might transition a one-year-old boy,\u201d Musk wrote in an X post on Monday, January 12.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley St. Clair, the mother of Elon Musk\u2019s son Romulus, is suing his xAI company, alleging its Grok AI generative tool created explicit sexual images of her without her consent. St. Clair, 27, filed the lawsuit in the state of New York on Thursday, January 15, reported celebrity.land, NBC News and People. 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