This wealthy CEO who loves the limelight always tries to spin the story that his dad never actually killed anyone. Then, please explain to me why the dad likes showing everyone the security footage of him killing the men.

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Everything to Know About Errol Musk, Elon’s “Brilliant,” “Terrible” Father

If you dare brave the treacherous waters that surround Elon Musk on social media, sooner or later you’re going to come across the claim that his father, Errol Musk, owns an emerald mine. And that’s just the tip of the myth-making iceberg.

Despite the rabid fandom that has formed around Elon — the man behind Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company and other endeavors attempting to turn science-fiction into reality — his dad remains an enigma, a sort of fairy-tale creature trotted out merely as evidence of his son’s privileged upbringing. But how much truth is there in the stories?

It’s a question that has stumped writers and reporters for years, and will apparently continue to do so as long as Elon remains a fixture in the zeitgeist. Even intrepid tech and business columnist Ashlee Vance had a hard time pinning Errol down, both as a source and as the patriarch of the Musk family, when researching for his book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.

According to Vance’s book, Errol Musk’s family has lived in South Africa so long that they “claim an entry in Pretoria’s first phone book.” Musk is not reticent about his allegiances either, telling the Mail on Sunday, “I refuse to live [in the U.S.]. I tried it, and came back home,” even though he says his home country has more “violent crime.”

In both the Mail and a 2017 profile of Elon in Rolling Stone, Errol confirmed that he has been involved with it himself. According to the elder Musk, he shot and killed three people who broke into his house in Johannesburg, a crime for which he was reportedly charged with manslaughter but eventually acquitted on the basis of self-defense. – Source

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