Tech: Elon Musk confirms he was the an alleged Silicon Valley 'sex party' until 1am — but he thought it was a costume party and left early

The SpaceX and Tesla founder says he didn't see any sex, and spent his time there discussing technology and business.

Elon Musk attended a now-notorious event at a Silicon Valley investor's home that has been described as a "sex party" — but a spokesperson told Business Insider that Musk says there was no lurid behaviour while he was there.

In an extract from her forthcoming book "Brotopia," Emily Chang detailed a party at a venture capitalist's house that saw drug-taking and open sexual behaviour. Axios subsequently identified it as the home of former DFJ investor Steve Juvertson, while another blog post written by entrepreneur Paul Biggar said that, while they didn't see any explicit sexual behaviour, they did see Elon Musk in attendance.

Steve Juverston left DFJ, the fund he helped found, after allegations of sexual harassment were made against him.

In a statement to Business Insider, a spokesperson for the Tesla and SpaceX founder confirmed he was there, but that he believed it was a "corporate' costume-themed party and spent his time there talking about technology and business before leaving at 1 a.m.

They said: "Elon was at the party for a couple hours and left around 1am after talking with several DFJ-funded entrepreneurs about technology and building companies. His impression was that it was a corporate party with a costume theme, not a 'sex party', and there was no indication that it would become one after he left. "

Biggar, who left the party at 12.30 a.m., also wrote that he didn't see any sex. "I don’t want this to be anti-climactic, but I didn’t see any sex or drugs," he wrote. I went home at 12:30am, and I guess sex parties don’t really kick off until the boring f--kers go home. I didn’t exactly know it was a sex party, and I got bored at some point and went home."

In her account, relayed to her by an anonymous "Jane Doe" at the party, Chang wrote: "Doe found herself on the floor with two couples, including a male entrepreneur and his wife. The living room had been blanketed in plush white faux fur and pillows, where, as the evening wore on, several people lay down and started stroking one another, Doe said, in what became a sizable cuddle puddle. One venture capitalist, dressed up as a bunny (it’s unclear how this fit into the edge-of-the-earth theme), offered Jane Doe some powder in a plastic bag. It was Molly.'“They said it will just make you feel relaxed and you’re going to like being touched,' Doe recounted to me."

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