Elon Musk ‘helping Tommy Robinson with £120k legal fees’

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk could reportedly hand Tommy Robinson up to £120,000 to cover his legal fees.

Elon Musk is reportedly helping Tommy Robinson out with his legal fees (Image: Getty)

The far-Right activist Tommy Robinson is reportedly being bankrolled by Tesla and X owner Elon Musk, months after the convicted criminal caused a rift between Musk and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Robinson has faced a slew of legal setbacks in recent months, including losing an appeal to shorten his 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court after he repeated libellous comments about a Syrian refugee. The activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also lost a challenge against his segregation in jail in March and was charged under the Terrorism Act for failing to disclose his mobile phone PIN number last year. He is currently being held in a closed wing at Woodhill in Milton Keynes, before his release in July.

The 42-year-old hasn’t had to cover all of the legal costs himself, however, according to a post shared to his Telegram channel in which a spokesperson thanked Musk for “agreeing to provide support [to Robinson] for two specific legal cases”. The cases in question, concerning “the treatment of Tommy while in prison” and the “Terrorism Case”, could add up to around £125,000 in legal fees, The i paper reports.