Elon Musk: I Didn't Visit Epstein's Island, and the Leaked Emails Were Misinterpreted

Amir Hagag

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is back in the spotlight, but this time for the worse. On Friday, after the US Department of Justice released the latest batch of the Epstein files, documents revealed that Musk had planned to visit the private island of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on two separate occasions. The emails, taken literally, suggest that Musk had a fairly friendly correspondence with Epstein. This has sparked a new wave of accusations implicating Musk, like other, more sinister figures named in Epstein's emails and files.

However, the Tesla CEO vehemently denied these accusations, despite acknowledging the existence of the emails, describing them as "very limited correspondence" and asserting that the current reports misinterpret what he wrote in his emails.

On Sunday night, Musk posted another lengthy response on his X platform, emphasizing that he had done nothing wrong, at least beyond what was stated in those emails. He explained that the plans discussed in the correspondence were never carried out because he had canceled them. In a pinned post, Musk wrote, “I knew I was going to be subjected to a relentless smear campaign, even though I never attended his parties, never flew on his Lolita Express, never set foot on his creepy island, and never did anything wrong at all.” So what’s going on? Here’s the story so far in five points:

The newly released documents, part of a massive archive of over 3 million pages, include emails exchanged between Musk and Epstein in 2012 and 2013, in which they discussed potential visits to Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean, Little St. James.

In November 2012, Epstein asked Elon Musk how many people would be coming to the island, to which the tech billionaire replied, “Probably just Tallulah and me,” likely referring to his then-wife Tallulah Riley. The documents also claim that Musk wanted to have the “craziest party” on the island, asking, “Which day (or) night will be the craziest party on your island?”