Mother of Elon Musk’s child sues his AI company over Grok deepfake images

Ashley St Clair, mother of Musk’s son, Romulus, sues over ‘pain and mental distress’ caused by fake AI images generated by Grok chatbot.Published On 17 Jan 2026The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his artificial intelligence company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually-exploitative deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.The lawsuit was filed just before ‍California Attorney ‍General Rob Bonta sent a cease-and-desist letter to Musk’s xAI company demanding that it stop the creation and distribution of Grok-generated nonconsensual sexualised imagery.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Malaysia blocks Grok amid uproar over nonconsensual sexualised imageslist 2 of 4UK to investigate Elon Musk’s Grok over ‘deeply concerning’ deepfakeslist 3 of 4Musk denies knowledge of Grok producing sexualised images of minorslist 4 of 4Musk’s Grok to bar users from generating sexual images of real peopleend of list“The avalanche of reports detailing this material – at times depicting ​women and children engaged in sexual activity – is shocking ‍and, as my office has determined, potentially illegal,” Bonta said on Friday.Ashley St Clair, a writer and political commentator, alleges in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in New York City against xAI that she was the victim of sexualised deepfake images generated by Grok.St Clair, who is the mother of Musk’s 16-month-old son, Romulus, said she reported the images to Musk’s X social media platform, which hosts Grok, after they began appearing last year and asked that they be removed.The platform replied that the images did not violate its policies, she said. Then it promised not to allow images of her to be used or altered without her consent. Later, the social platform retaliated against her by removing her premium X subscription and verification checkmark, and continued to allow degrading fake images of her, she said.“I have suffered and continue to suffer serious pain and mental distress as a result of xAI’s role in creating and distributing these digitally altered images of me,” St Clair said in a document attached to the lawsuit.