Elon Musk admitted to using two secret alternate accounts on X.
In a deposition for a lawsuit against the billionaire, Musk clarified he’d used some accounts on the social media site outside of his main public account.
During the deposition, the lawyer asked Musk to clarify whether he’d used an account on X that had been linked to him by sleuths on social media. Some users on X tracked down the account after Musk posted a screenshot of his X interface last year in which the additional account appeared to be visible.
The account in question, @ermnmusk, under the name “Elon Test,” appeared to show Musk role-playing as a child — seemingly his three-year-old son.
“I will finally turn 3 on May 4th!” the account posted last year, in a post that has since been deleted, according to HuffPost. Notably, May 4, 2023, was also Musk’s son X AE A-XII’S third birthday.
“I wish I was old enough to go to nightclubs. They sound so fun,” another since-deleted post from the account last year read, HuffPost reported.
The account has less than 500 followers — a drop in the bucket compared to Musk’s main account, which has over 180 million followers. It has posted on X as recently as Tuesday.
Musk was shown a screenshot of the account during the deposition, HuffPost reported.
“I don’t use that account,” Musk said in a deposition he sat for on March 27. “I think I briefly had it as a test account.”
The X owner said he mainly uses two X accounts: his main one and burner account listed under the name @babysmoke9000, according to a transcript of the deposition. It’s unclear whether the name is a typo, as there is no account listed under the name. Musk has, however, been linked to the account @babysmurf9000 in the past, which has reposted Tesla and X news, along with a recent documentary that Musk appeared in.
Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The deposition was released on Monday. The X owner was deposed over a lawsuit that alleges he boosted a conspiracy theory that falsely affiliated 22-year-old Ben Brody with a neo-Nazi group.
Brody filed the lawsuit last fall, alleging Musk promoted posts on X that falsely identified Brody as a man who had engaged in a brawl at a Pride event that had broken out between two far-right groups: the Rose City Nationalists and the Proud Boys.
Brody is suing for $1 million in damages, accusing Musk of damaging his reputation.
