Google co-founder divorces wife over rumours of her affair with Elon Musk

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has divorced his estranged wife Nicole Shanahan over rumours of her alleged affair with billionaire Elon Musk.

Brin filed for divorce from 34-year-old Nicole after three years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences” and following an accusation that she had been having an affair with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, 52.

Shanahan vehemently denied the allegations and termed them debilitating.

According to a report, the couple will share joint legal and physical custody of their four-year-old daughter Echo.

Any financial issues were kept confidential and will be resolved by the pair’s prenuptial agreement.

The reports also said that Shanahan did not contest Sergey’s divorce filing and didn’t request spousal support.

According to the filing, she has been given “non-guideline” child support, but the amount has remained secret.

Even though the divorce was reportedly prompted by her alleged affair with Elon, the pair both denied any cheating.

Elon said on Twitter at the time: “This is total bs. 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. Nothing romantic.”

He hit out following a report by the Wall Street Journal they paid had a fling in July 2022.

The owner of X, formerly Twitter, added the newspaper had engaged in a “character assassination,” and admitted he hadn’t “had sex in ages (sigh)”.

Nicole also blasted the report as an “outright lie” and told People she and Elon had a “collegial” relationship.

She said: “Did Elon and I have sex, like it was a moment of passion, and then it was over? No.

“Did we have a romantic relationship? No. We didn’t have an affair.”

According to the reports the now separated couple had first started dating in 2015, the same year Mr. Brin finalised his divorce from his first wife, Anne Wojcicki, and eventually got married to Nicole Shanahan in 2018.