Musk exchanged emails with Epstein about partying on private island
WASHINGTON — Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk had multiple conversations with Jeffrey Epstein about visiting the accused sex trafficker’s private island, according to emails released by the Justice Department.
Among the 3 million pages of documents disclosed Friday by the Justice Department are email exchanges between Musk and Epstein in 2012 and 2013 about plans for the SpaceX and Tesla CEO and founder to visit Epstein’s 70-acre Little St. James island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
”(H)ow many people will you be for the heli to island,” Epstein wrote to Musk on Nov. 24, 2012.
“Probably just Talulah and me. What day/night will be the wildest party on =our island?” Musk responded the next day, Nov. 25, 2012.
The Justice Department’s latest release of files from the Epstein investigation ‒ prompted by Congress passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November ‒ reveals Musk and Epstein had more extensive communications than previously known.
In 2013, the two men exchanged emails about Musk visiting Epstein’s island over the holidays while Musk would be nearby in Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean.
“Will be in the BVI/St Bart’s area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?” Musk wrote in a Dec. 13, 2013, email to Epstein.
Epstein replied in a Dec. 15, 2013, email: “any day 1st - 8th . play it by ear if you want. always space for you.”
After trading possible dates, Musk in a Dec. 25, 2013, email wrote: “Actually, I could fly back early on the 3rd. We will be in St Bart’s. When should we head to your island on the 2nd?”
It is unclear whether Musk made the trips. A representative of Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk has denied ever visiting Epstein’s island. In a 2019 interview with Vanity Fair after Epstein’s arrest, Musk said: “He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.”
Epstein owned two islands, Little St. James and Great St. James, both in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Much of Epstein’s alleged trafficking of underage girls reportedly occurred at his compound on Little St. James. The two islands were purchased by a developer in 2023, several years after Epstein died in jail in 2019, while he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
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