Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk allegedly discussed plans to visit the Caribbean with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, newly released emails show. The email was released by the US Department of Justice on Friday.
The email trail was part of a cache of 3 million files released by the Justice Department from its years-long investigation into convicted sex offender Epstein.
They include several exchanges between Epstein, Musk and their aides, Business Insider reported.
What did the emails reveal?
In an email dated November 24, 2012, Jeffrey Epstein asked Elon Musk to send a helicopter to take the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX to his private island in the Caribbean.
“How many people will you heli to island,” the email said.
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Musk responded on November 25, 2012, saying, “Probably just Talulah and I. What day/night will be the wildest party on =our island?” He was referring to his partner at the time, Tallulah Riley.
However, it was unclear if Musk ever made the trip.
The emails released on Friday it reportedly shows that Musk plans to visit Epstein’s island at least twice.
In addition to a planned visit in November 2012, Musk said he would visit Epstein’s island in January 2014, Business Insider reported.
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“We will be in the BVI/St Bart’s area over the holidays,” Musk wrote to Epstein in December 2013 with reference to the British Virgin Islands. “Is there a good time to visit?”
Epstein said he will be available the first week of January. “always room for you,” Epstein told Musk.
After some discussion of their schedules, Musk appeared to confirm that he would visit Epstein on January 2, 2014.
“I could actually fly back early on the 3rd. We’ll be in St Bart’s. When should we head to your island on the 2nd?” Musk wrote.
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According to emails reviewed by Business Insider, Musk’s personal assistant tried to draft plans for a meeting at SpaceX’s offices in California in February 2013.
Epstein’s assistant said Musk suggested the location.
“Are we going to organize a lunch for Elon and Jeffrey to get together at SpaceX in the next few weeks?” Musk’s assistant wrote. “Elon is generally available at SpaceX on Monday, Thursday and Friday of each week.”
It is unclear whether the meeting took place. Musk has previously said that Epstein never “walked through” the SpaceX facility.
Musk denies the claims
Musk previously said he “declined” Epstein’s invitation to the island. Shortly after Epstein’s arrest in July 2019, Tesla’s CEO said he declined an invitation to Epstein’s island in the US Virgin Islands and recounted only one meeting with him.
Notably, Musk has not been charged with wrongdoing.
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“A few years ago I was at his house in Manhattan for about 30 minutes in the middle of the afternoon with Talulah (Riley) because she was curious to meet this special person for a novel she was writing,” Trump said. Vanity Fair in 2019.
“We didn’t see anything inappropriate at all, except for weird art. He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I refused,” Musk said.
Musk once said in social media posts that he “refused” to visit Epstein’s island despite several attempts by Epstein. “Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED, yet they appointed me before Prince Andrew visited,” he wrote on X.
