A new report claiming Elon Musk paid a private settlement in relation to a 2016 sexual misconduct incident is unlikely to affect his Twitter takeover deal, experts in corporate acquisitions told NBC News on Friday (May 20). On Thursday (May 19), Business Insider reported Musk's company SpaceX paid a flight attendant $250,000 in severance after she accused Musk of sexually harassing her while she worked on a private jet. The report cited documents provided by a friend of the flight attendant, which stated that the compensation she received was contingent on her not taking additional legal action moving forward. Musk shared a series of tweets denying the accusation late Thursday night and Friday morning, calling the article a "hit piece" that intended to "interfere with the Twitter acquisition."