Tech billionaire Elon Musk's unofficial advisory role in the Trump White House has opened him up to intense media scrutiny, particularly about the more than a dozen children he's fathered with at least four different women.

Recent reports have raised allegations that Musk is secretly the father of a former Hollywood star's baby, that he's quietly employed the use of surrogates to create a desired "legion" of offspring, and that his personal "fixer" utilizes discreet but tough tactics to keep Musk's baby's mamas in line, according to Radar Online.

For his part, and though he rarely provides details, Musk has been open about his dire concerns about declining birth rates around the world and has only half-jokingly touted his efforts to reverse that trend personally.

Father to Heard's baby?

The Daily Mail reported this week on the resurfacing of a rejected legal filing from the 2022 defamation case between former lovers and Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard that raised unconfirmed allegations about a prior relationship between Heard and Musk.

The filing, which originated from a friend of Heard's sister, noted that Musk and Heard briefly dated between 2016 and 2018 and, during that time, seriously discussed having children together.

They allegedly even went so far as to create and save frozen embryos, which Musk later wanted to destroy, but which Heard wanted to keep.

In 2021, with the help of a surrogate pregnancy, Heard became a single mother of a daughter, and though she has never revealed the identity of the little girl's father, there are speculative rumors that the father is Musk, given the prior allegations concerning their shared frozen embryos.

Surrogates and secrecy deals emerge

That report from the Daily Mail followed close on the heels of a Wall Street Journal report about Musk and the alleged "tactics" he uses to "manage" the mothers of the "legion" of children he is creating.

The Journal largely focused on the purported actions of Musk's "fixer," Jared Birchall, who publicly helps manage Musk's office and political activities but is also alleged to quietly manage Musk's financial arrangements and secrecy deals with the mothers of his children.

Part of Birchall's duties allegedly also include handling outreach and negotiations with women whom Musk has supposedly recruited to bear his children, whether directly or indirectly as a surrogate for another.

Given the allegations about surrogate pregnancies and secrecy deals with massive payouts and threats of financial and legal consequences for those who violate the agreement's terms, the Journal asserted, "Multiple sources close to the tech entrepreneur said they believe the true number of Musk’s children is much higher than publicly known."

At least 14 kids known

What is "publicly known" is that Musk has at least 14 children with four women, and he isn't shy about the fact that he desires even more children for himself and others, if only to ensure that humanity continues and the declining population doesn't ultimately disappear.

Now, to be sure, Musk is opposed by an army of critics and haters -- which includes much of the media -- who may feel compelled to fabricate or perpetuate falsehoods that are intended to damage Musk's reputation and interfere with his work with the Trump administration.

That said, Musk is admittedly an odd man with an acknowledged proclivity for fathering children, which lends some plausibility to the recent allegations against him.