Elon Musk's Docs Subpoenaed In Epstein Case
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. Elon Musk said he would never take advice from Epstein. Epstein was a convicted sex offender. People criticized Musk for his past association with Epstein. Elon Musk said his past association was limited. He said he only met him at a party. Musk also said he had no idea about Epstein's crimes.
The US Virgin Islands sued a bank for enabling Jeffrey Epstein's women sex trafficking. As a result, Elon Musk got subpoenaed by the US Virgin Islands. The lawsuit seeks to get financial information from Musk. The financial information is related to his dealings with the late financier Epstein. Epstein was a convicted sex offender who committed suicide in jail last year.
People want Elon Musk to give them any records of talks between him, JP Morgan Chase bank and Epstein, who passed away in 2019.
There is no accusation against Mr. Musk in the case.
He said it again on Monday: he didn't receive financial advice from Epstein.
Jeffery Epstein was in jail in New York in 2019. He was waiting for trial on sex trafficking charges. But, he died in jail.
The Virgin Islands wants to take JP Morgan Chase to court. The reason is to do with Epstein's suspected crimes. The Virgin Islands thinks that JP Morgan Chase helped Epstein with these crimes.
The case claims that women were trafficked by Epstein and abused sexually. It happened on Little St. James island, which was his private island.
The government of Virgin Islands said the bank ignored signs of crime. The bank says this is not true.
A court filing on Monday shows that Mr. Musk was supposed to be subpoenaed, but the authorities were not able to serve him. Mr. Musk is the owner of Twitter and is worth billions of dollars.
The US Virgin Islands Government sent an email to Mr. Musk's lawyer. They asked if the lawyer could accept the legal papers on behalf of Mr. Musk. However, the government did not get an answer.
The Virgin Islands wants to serve Elon Musk with a subpoena. They asked a judge in Manhattan to let them do it through Tesla's registered agent.
The court filing suggests that Epstein may have introduced Mr Musk to the Wall Street bank.
The Virgin Islands did not give reasons for wanting documents from Mr Musk.
Epstein was a financier. He used to be JP Morgan's client from 2000 to 2013. Mr. Musk was also a customer. JP Morgan was in charge of Tesla's commercial banking business for many years.
On Monday, Mr. Musk tweeted that taking advice from Epstein was "idiotic" and called him a "dumb crook."
In 2008, Epstein was convicted of asking for sex from an underage prostitute. He hung out with famous people like Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton. He also knew important people in business.
In 2019, prosecutors accused him of managing a big group of young girls for sexual purposes.
JP Morgan Chase said they didn't know about Epstein's crimes.
