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The US Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The subpoena, issued on April 28, came to light on Monday in a request by the Virgin Islands to serve Musk by alternative means because it had been unable to locate and serve him.
The US territory did not seek to question Musk under oath, and its effort to subpoena him does not implicate him in any wrong doing.
According to the Monday court filing in US District Court in Manhattan, Musk, one of the richest people in the world, may have been referred to JPMorgan by Epstein. The Virgin Islands did not provide further explanation for its interest in obtaining documents from Musk.

In a tweet late on Monday, Musk said that the notion that he would listen to financial advice from Epstein was absurd.
Referring to Epstein, he said: “That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever”.
Epstein died by suicide in 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
The US Virgin Islands accuses JPMorgan of missing red flags about Epstein’s abuse of women on Little St James, a private island he owned there.

This is idiotic on so many levels:
1. That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever.
2. The notion that I would need or listen to financial advice from a dumb crook is absurd.
3. JPM let Tesla down ten years ago, despite having Tesla’s global commercial banking…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2023

The bank has denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
In the subpoena, the Virgin Islands demanded any documents Musk has about Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and his procurement of girls or women for commercial sex.
Additionally, the subpoena sought any communications between the entrepreneur and JPMorgan about Epstein as well as between Musk and Epstein. Documents regarding fees paid by Musk to Epstein or JPMorgan also fall under the subpoena.
The extent of any relationship between Musk and Epstein was unclear. Musk and Tesla vehemently denied speculation in 2019 that Epstein was advising Musk after the Tesla chief ran into trouble with regulators for saying he had lined up the funding to take Tesla private, The New York Times reported.

“It is incorrect to say that Epstein ever advised Elon on anything,” a spokeswoman for Musk told The New York Times at the time.
Musk is the second tech entrepreneur touched by the Virgin Islands litigation. US District Judge Jed Rakoff said earlier this month the territory may serve legal papers on Larry Page, although his ruling did not specify the information sought from the co-founder of Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc.
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In a Tesla shareholder lawsuit, Musk testified in January that JPMorgan used to have all of Tesla’s commercial banking business, but the relationship soured after the bank did not support Tesla’s automotive leasing line.
That trial stemmed from Tesla shareholder claims that a 2018 tweet by Musk stating he had “funding secured” to take the carmaker private had misled investors and caused them billions of dollars in damages. The jury found Musk was not liable.
In 2021, JPMorgan sued Tesla for US$162 million over the “funding secured” tweet, alleging it caused the repricing of Tesla stock warrants. Tesla countersued the bank last year, accusing it of seeking a windfall.


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Elon Musk subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein litigation in US Virgin Islands

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seen on the sidelines of the “Choose France” Summit at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Little St James Island. Photo: Reuters

Jeffrey Epstein. File photo: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

Ghislaine Maxwell says Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in US jail

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and US financier Jeffrey Epstein are seen in an undated photo used as trial evidence. Photo: US District Court for the Southern District of New York via AFP

British newspapers on December 30, 2021, after Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty. Photo: AFP

 Maxwell claimed that a decades-old photograph of Prince Andrew with his accuser Virginia Giuffre is fake. File photo: SDNY

Jeffrey Epstein’s banks seek to end accusers’ lawsuits

Late US financier Jeffrey Epstein with British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. Photo: dpa

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate reaches US$105m settlement with US Virgin Islands

Jeffrey Epstein’s former home on the island of Little St James. Epstein’s estate agreed to pay the Virgin Islands government US$105 million in cash and half of the proceeds from the sale of Little St James. Photo: TNS

Aerial view of Little St James Island, one of the properties of financier Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: Reuters

A property company is listing Little St James for US$55 million. Photo: Reuters

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The case involves the island of Little St James, where the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is said to have sexually abused women
The subpoena seeks all communications between Musk and Epstein, as well as with JPMorgan, which is accused of missing red flags about the latter’s behaviour


The case involves the Epstein-owned island of Little St James, where the late financier is said to have sexually abused women.


Elon Musk subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein litigation in US Virgin Islands

The case involves the island of Little St James, where the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is said to have sexually abused women The subpoena seeks all communications between Musk and Epstein, as well as with JPMorgan, which is accused of missing red flags about the latter’s behaviour

The case involves the island of Little St James, where the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is said to have sexually abused women

The subpoena seeks all communications between Musk and Epstein, as well as with JPMorgan, which is accused of missing red flags about the latter’s behaviour