Elon Musk's Ex Said That Grok Has 'Undressed Photos Of Me As A Child,' And Got Banned For Complaining

In early January 2026, a major controversy erupted around Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, as users exploited its image-editing capabilities, which Musk himself responded to related queries with comments likening it to tools like Photoshop, placing responsibility on users rather than the platform.

However, most of the images generated by Grok were non-consensual sexualized deepfakes.

And among the many, many victims, one of those who didn't consent, was Ashley St. Clair, a conservative writer, a political strategist, and also the mother of one of Elon Musk's children.

St. Clair publicly expressed horror and violation after discovering that people on X (formerly Twitter) were using Grok to manipulate her real photos into explicit content, including alterations that "undressed" images of her from when she was a child.

The 31-year-old furiously slammed the South African-born tech mogul, after she was made aware of this after her friends alerted her about the shocking images.

"I found that Grok was undressing me and it had taken a fully clothed photo of me, someone asked to put in a bikini and it did,' St. Clair said.

She described the experience as deeply disturbing, particularly highlighting one manipulated photo where she was placed in a bikini, and made to pose in suggestive manner.

And worse, she also claimed that users went further by taking a photo of her at age 14, and generated versions that removed her clothing or placed her in revealing outfits, such as bikinis.

She noted how some images incorporated personal elements like her toddler's backpack in the background, turning the abuse into something intensely personal and tied to her young son.

"These are real images of me that they then took and had them undress me. They found a photo of me when I was 14 years old and had it undress 14-year-old me and put me in a bikini," she said.

These images reportedly lingered online for hours, sometimes up to 12 or 36 hours, despite her reports to X and Grok.

St. Clair noted that while Grok initially responded to some requests by saying it would stop producing such content, the images continued to proliferate and even escalated in explicitness.

The broader issue stemmed from Grok's relatively permissive approach to image generation at the time, allowing users to prompt edits that turned clothed photos of real people, including women and minors, into suggestive or nude depictions.

In other words, people used Grok's image generating abilities to not only create engagements to their posts, but also monetize the generated images elsewhere.

Reports from multiple outlets documented similar cases involving other women and even apparent child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-like outputs, prompting investigations by bodies like the EU, UK regulator Ofcom, and charities such as the Internet Watch Foundation. A number of countries, including Indonesia, responded by blocking access to Grok.

In response to the backlash, xAI restricted Grok's image-editing features to paid subscribers and stated it was addressing safeguard lapses, emphasizing that illegal content, including CSAM, is prohibited and that offenders face consequences.

But as for St. Clair, who went further in her complaints, accusing Musk's supporters of weaponizing the tool as a form of revenge porn amid her ongoing estrangement from him, she said that she was receiving a terms-of-service violation on X for protesting the content publicly, which she framed as punishment for speaking out.

As a result, she said that X removed her X subscription, and banned her from monetizing her posts.

"They removed my blue check faster than they removed the mechahitler kiddie porn + sexual abuse content grok made (it's still up, in case you were wondering how the 'pay $8 to abuse women and children' approach was working," she said.

Ashley St. Clair, a prominent conservative influencer and author known for her work with outlets like the conservative satirical news site The Babylon Bee, first connected with Elon Musk through public interactions on X in the early 2020s.

Their exchanges often carried a playful, flirty tone, with St. Clair responding to Musk's posts with innuendos, like replying "69" (likely referring to a sexual position) to his "420" tweet, or jokingly telling him to "go to horny jail" with a meme after a suggestive comment. She has described Musk sliding into her DMs, leading to their first in-person meeting at X's headquarters in May 2023, where she was there for an interview.

The spark ignited quickly; shortly after, Musk reportedly invited her on a spontaneous trip, and their relationship progressed from there.

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The flirtatious banter continued publicly on X for months, with risqué exchanges that resurfaced later amid their fallout.

Their romance reportedly culminated in the birth of their son, Romulus (initially referred to by initials), in September 2024, making him one of Musk's children (often cited as his 13th or 14th overall).

The pair kept the pregnancy and birth private initially, but tensions arose after St. Clair went public in February 2025, announcing Musk as the father.

This led to a bitter custody battle, with allegations of reduced financial support, retaliation, and differing views on parenting. Despite the once-lighthearted online dynamic, the situation has since turned contentious, highlighting the complexities of their past amid the current AI controversy.