U.S. Virgin Islands seeks to subpoena Elon Musk in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit
NEW YORK –
The authorities of the U.S. Virgin Islands is making an attempt to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk for paperwork in its lawsuit searching for to carry JPMorgan Chase answerable for intercourse trafficking acts dedicated by businessman Jeffrey Epstein.
Musk has by no means been publicly accused of any wrongdoing associated to Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited intercourse trafficking expenses in a federal jail in Manhattan.
But over time, there had been unconfirmed hypothesis — inspired by Epstein himself — that Epstein had suggested Musk on sure business issues.
Spokespeople for Musk have denied these reviews, however the authorities of the U.S. Virgin Islands mentioned in a court docket submitting that it believes Epstein could have referred or tried to refer Musk to JPMorgan as a possible consumer.
The Virgin Islands, the place Epstein had an property, sued JPMorgan final yr, saying its investigation has revealed that the monetary providers large enabled Epstein’s recruiters to pay victims and was “indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise.”
Lawyers for JPMorgan didn’t instantly return messages searching for remark Monday.
In the previous, they’ve mentioned victims are entitled to justice however litigation making an attempt guilty the monetary establishment for Epstein’s actions had been legally meritless, directed on the unsuitable social gathering and must be dismissed.
Authorities alleged that Epstein recruited and sexually abused dozens of underage women at his mansions in New York and Palm Beach, Florida, within the early 2000s. He had pleaded not responsible.
Lawyers for the Virgin Islands advised a federal decide Monday that they have not been capable of find Musk to serve him with the subpoena.
They requested the court docket to serve Tesla, his electrical car firm, as a substitute.
They mentioned they employed an investigative agency to look public information databases for doable addresses for Musk and reached out to one in all his legal professionals by e mail, however acquired no response.
A message despatched to a lawyer for Musk searching for remark Monday was not instantly returned.
The subpoena — one in all a number of despatched to distinguished business figures — sought paperwork from Jan. 1, 2002, to the current reflecting communications between Musk and JPMorgan or Musk and Epstein relating to Epstein or Epstein’s position in Musk’s accounts, transactions or monetary administration.
It additionally sought all paperwork reflecting or relating to Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and his procurement of ladies or ladies for industrial intercourse.
And it sought details about charges Musk might need paid to Epstein or JPMorgan and any paperwork regarding communications between Musk, Epstein and JPMorgan relating to accounts, transactions or the connection at JPMorgan.
