Tesla-Boss Elon Musk (51) has been subpoenaed and requested to disclose documents in connection with a lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase in the case of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to a submission on Monday (local time) to the US District Court in Manhattan, Musk received a corresponding subpoena on April 28.
It states that Musk may have been referred to JP Morgan by Epstein. No further justification for the interest in Musk’s documents was given. The subpoena requested all communications between the entrepreneur and JP Morgan regarding Epstein, as well as communications between Musk and Epstein.
The bank had stated that it could not be held liable for third-party relationships with Epstein. Musk did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. In a tweet late Monday night, the Tesla CEO explained that the notion that he had listened to Epstein’s advice was absurd. Referring specifically to Epstein, he said, “This cretin never advised me in any way.”
In a January lawsuit filed by Tesla shareholders, Musk testified that JP Morgan used to handle all of Tesla’s commercial banking business. However, the business relationship fell apart after the bank failed to support Tesla’s car leasing business.
The Virgin Islands have accused JP Morgan of ignoring evidence of Epstein’s abuse of women on his private island of Little St. James. The bank denies it. Epstein was a key client in JP Morgan’s private banking business until 2013. Epstein, who publicly portrayed himself as a brilliant financier, had access to the highest circles of society in the US – including US presidents. Even after Epstein was registered as a sex offender in 2008, it did not sever his ties to those with power in business and finance.
Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on human trafficking charges.