Elon Musk posted a video of a ‘crazy’ man believed to have stalked the car his child was traveling in – before blocking the vehicle’s path and climbing on top of its hood.
The Twitter CEO said that his two-year-old son X Æ A-Xii, known as X, was followed by a balaclava-clad stalker in Los Angeles on Tuesday night – and he is now trying to hunt down the man.
In the short video, the suspect was seen wearing a black hood and driving a white Hyundai – before picking up his phone to record the encounter himself.
The video, believed to be filmed by Musk’s driver, then panned towards the car’s license plate. There was a short exchange with the alleged stalker – where the driver seemed to utter: ‘Got it.’
When one horrified Twitter follower asked if this was the man who jumped on the hood of the car, billionaire Musk confirmed and said: ‘Yeah.’
Billionaire Elon Musk posted a clip showing the identity of the ‘crazy stalker’ who followed the car that his son X was traveling in. The Twitter CEO said that the man, who is seen wearing a black mask and hood, blocked the car’s path before jumping on the hood. Musk believes that the stalker thought Elon himself was traveling in the car at the time
Elon Musk posted the clip online – asking his followers if they recognize the man
Elon Musk’s son, X, pictured last week at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. He was traveling in the car in Los Angeles when the vehicle was allegedly stalked by the man
Explaining the stalking ordeal, Musk said: ‘Last night, car carrying lil X in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood.
‘Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family.’
The stalking incident comes after Musk vowed to sue the man who set up a Twitter account which tracked the movements of his private jet.
Musk declared he was pursuing legal action against Jack Sweeney, whose Twitter account @elonjet used publicly available records to tell the world where the chief twit’s private jet was flying.
It is unclear how Musk connected @elonjet to the incident, but both the account and Sweeney’s personal account were suspended.
Musk and his child, X Æ A-Xii, 2, who the billionaire said was followed by a stalker
Musk panned the video towards the front of the car and caught a glimpse of the license plate
He elaborated on the rationale for the decision, saying that accounts which published where people were located in ‘real-time’ were a ‘physical safety violation.’
‘Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation.’
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‘This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.’
He then released a clip of the alleged stalker, with the caption: ‘Anyone recognize this person or car?’
Sweeney’s jet account was suspended Wednesday morning. He tweeted at Musk asking how long of a delay was necessary for there to be no safety response, and then by Wednesday evening the account – and his personal account – were suspended again.
Musk has previously gone after @elonjet, which Sweeney set up in 2020 when he was 19 because he was a super-fan of the billionaire and wanted to see how he managed his businesses.
In 2021, Musk offered Sweeney, 20, $5,000 to take down the account, which he saw as a risk to his safety.
Jack Sweeney started @elonjet in 2020 because he was a fan of Musk and wanted to see how he managed his businesses
The @elonjet Twitter account suspended. Musk previous said he would not ban it
‘Can you take this down? It is a security risk.’ Musk wrote in a direct message to Sweeney, according to Protocol. ‘I don’t love the idea of being shot by a nutcase’ he added.
Sweeney declined the offer, but countered with an ask for $50,000 and a Tesla. The two did not come to an agreement.
Despite his dislike for @elonjet, Musk took to twitter last month after assuming the CEO mantle to declare he was so committed to free-speech that he was allowing the account to remain active.
‘My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk,’ Musk wrote.
Numerous users pointed out the hypocrisy the comments section of Musk’s tweet announcing his litigation against Sweeney.
In October as Musk was buying Twitter, Sweeney also said Musk would be a hypocrite if he banned the account.
‘I personally think he won’t do it because then the news would be all over it and he would be called a hypocrite,’ he told the Washington Post at the time.
In 2021 Elon Musk offered to pay Sweeney $5,000 to take down the @elonjet account
Musk’s November tweet in which he said he would not ban @elonjet. Users flagged the tweet, and added that Musk had now gone against his word
