Elon Musk's alleged affair causes divorce of Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan
Elon Musk is now reported to have been the ‘extra’ in marital affair, more than one. The Tesla chief is said to have been the cause of divorce between Google's co-founder Sergey Brin and his former wife Nicole Shanahan. The Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his California based lawyer wife Nicole Shanahan received confirmation of their divorce proceedings on 26 May, 2023.
According to international media reports, Brin and Shanahan will now split legal and physical custody of their 4-year-old daughter. Further, Shanahan did not contest the divorce, she asked the court to award her spousal support, the court papers said. They settled other issues including lawyer fees and division of assets in confidential arbitration.
According to a report by Business Insider, Brin and Shanahan had started dating in 2015, the year when the Google co-founder had divorced his first wife Anne Wojcicki. Brin and Shanahan got married in 2018. International media reports further state that they couple started living separately from 2021, following which Brin filed for divorce in 2022 citing ''irreconcilable difference''.
A article in New York Post had stated that Brin filed for divorce about a month after his wife allegedly had a brief affair with Elon Musk. Notably, Musk and Brin had been friends for years. However, both Musk and Shanahan have denied their alleged affair.
Wall Street Journal had in 2022 published an article titled 'Elon Musk's Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair''. ''Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night. I've only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around.
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