Elon Musk denies newspaper report of affair with wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin

Mr Musk, the co-founder of Tesla, had an alleged liaison in early December in Miami with Mr Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan, according to reports

Elon Musk said in a post on Twitter, where he has more than 100m followers, that the Wall Street Journal’s story was untrue, saying he has seen Mr Brin’s wife twice in three years, both times in the presence of other people, and there was 'nothing romantic' between the pair. File picture: AP /Susan Walsh

Elon Musk denied he had an affair with Sergey Brin’s wife, after the Wall Street Journal reported the liaison led the Google co-founder to order his advisers to sell his investments in Mr Musk’s companies.

Mr Musk, the co-founder of Tesla, had an alleged liaison in early December in Miami with Mr Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan, the paper said, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.