
Grimes is suing former accomplice Elon Musk over parental rights of their three kids.
Grimes, 35, (actual identify Claire Boucher) filed a “petition to ascertain parental relationship” on September 29 within the Superior Courtroom of Francisco, in line with courtroom information obtained by Us Weekly.
Whereas the paperwork are sealed, a petition to find out parental relationship might be filed to request {that a} choose establish the authorized mother and father of a kid within the state of California. In line with the California Courts web site, the motion is utilized by mother and father who are usually not married. Us has reached out to Grimes and Musk, 52, for remark.
Grimes and Musk share son X AE-A-Xii, 3, daughter Exa Darkish Sideræl, 21 months, and son Techno Mechanicus, nicknamed “Tau,” whose arrival Grimes confirmed final month.
The “Oblivion” singer took to X — previously generally known as Twitter, which Musk owns — on September 10 to deal with a household matter, subtly confirming Techno’s delivery within the course of.
“Hey I wud choose to not breathe any extra life into this present press cycle however I wish to de-escalate,” she started, alluding to a since-deleted publish during which Grimes accused Musk of not letting her see considered one of their sons and took intention at Shivon Zilis, with whom Musk welcomed twins Strider and Azure in November 2021.
Grimes continued: “I spoke with Shivon at size lastly, which was lengthy overdue. This wasn’t her fault, plz don’t be offended at her! We respect one another so much and we’re excited to change into mates and have the youngsters develop up collectively.”
The musician wrapped up the publish by mentioning her youngest baby. “I want I may present u how cute little Techno is 👽 however my precedence rn is protecting my infants out of the general public eye,” she wrote.
The social media assertion got here days after Grimes commented on pictures of Azure and Strider shared by Walter Isaacson, the writer of the biography Elon Musk, which hit cabinets on September 12.
“Inform Shivon to unblock me and inform Elon to let me see my son or plz reply to my lawyer,” Grimes wrote in a since-deleted response to Isaacson’s tweet. “I’ve by no means even been allowed to see a photograph of those kids till this second, regardless of the state of affairs totally ripping my household aside.”
Grimes and Musk started relationship in 2018 and have had an unconventional dynamic ever since. In March 2022, Grimes advised Vainness Honest that there was “no actual phrase” to explain her relationship with the tech magnate.
“I’d most likely confer with him as my boyfriend however we’re very fluid,” she defined. “We dwell in separate homes. We’re finest mates. We see one another on a regular basis. … We simply have our personal factor happening, and I don’t count on different individuals to grasp it.”
After the interview was printed, Grimes took to twitter that she and Musk had “damaged up *once more* for the reason that writing of this text.”
Along with the three kids Musk shares with Grimes and the 2 he shares with Zilis, 37, the SpaceX CEO shares twins Vivian Jenna and Griffin, 19, triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, 17, and son Nevada, who died at 10 weeks previous from sudden toddler demise syndrome in 2002, with ex-wife Justine Wilson.