United Kingdom, April 1 -- Elon Musk is open to finding out whether he is the father of Ashley St Clair's child.

The pair have been pitched against each other in the courts after Ashley filed a paternity suit against the billionaire - asking for sole legal custody of her baby son and for Musk to take a paternity test - and now Musk has declared "no court order is needed" to compel him to find out whether the child is his.

In a message posted on X - formerly known as Twitter - Musk wrote: "I don't know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out. No court order is needed.

"Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year."

However, Ashley claimed Musk has "refused" to take a test and...