Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his company over sexualised Grok deepfakes that 'altered picture of her aged 14 to show her in a swastika bikini'
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- Jan 17, 2026
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The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his company after Grok allegedly produced sexualised deepfake images that altered a picture of her as a 14-year-old girl to show her wearing a swastika bikini.
Ashley St. Clair, 27, who is mother to one-year-old Romulus, is taking action against xAI, arguing the images have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.
Writer Ms St Clair, who is Jewish, filed a lawsuit on Thursday in New York City against xAI alleging that the images have included a photo of her fully dressed at age 14 that was altered to show her in a bikini, and others showing her as an adult in sexualized positions and wearing a bikini with swastikas.
Grok and Musk himself had been subjected to criticism internationally after it emerged some X users were using the AI bot to remove women and even children's clothes without their consent.
Other users were using the function to put women and children in sexualised positions or requesting them to be pictured in scanty bikinis.
On Wednesday, X announced that Grok would no longer be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where it is against the law.
A statement read: 'We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis.
'This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers.'
Ashley St. Clair, 27, who is mother to one-year-old Romulus, is taking action against xAI, arguing the images have caused her humiliation and emotional distress
Elon Musk, who owns X, with his newborn son Romulus in a picture shared via court documents by Ms St. Clair
Last week Musk had restricted the function to paying users only.
Although the issue has made headlines around the world in recent weeks, St. Clair said she first reported deepfakes to X after they began appearing last year and asked that they be removed.
According to the lawsuit, the platform first replied that the images did not violate its policies. Then it promised to not allow images of her to be used or altered without her consent, she said.
St. Clair said the social platform then retaliated against her by removing her premium X subscription and verification checkmark, not allowing her to make money from her account, which has 1 million followers, and continuing to allow degrading fake images of her.
'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,' she said in a document attached to the lawsuit.
'I am humiliated and feel like this nightmare will never stop so long as Grok continues to generate these images of me.'
She also said she lives in fear of the people who view the deepfakes of her.
She is seeking an undisclosed amount of damages for alleged infliction of emotional distress and other claims, as well as court orders immediately barring xAI from allowing more deepfakes of her.
Ms St. Clair (pictured) is seeking an undisclosed amount of damages for alleged infliction of emotional distress and other claims
Musk has at least 14 children with four women - here he is see with three of his brood - Strider and Azure, who are twins, and X
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