What we know about alleged Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein interactions

Elon Musk has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The territory's government is seeking documents from the billionaire in the a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase involving Jeffrey Epstein, saying it is part of an effort to “hold accountable those who facilitated or participated in, directly or indirectly, the trafficking enterprise," according to a court filing.

The Virgin Islands is suing the financial services company over sex trafficking acts committed by Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 after he was arrested federal charges for sex trafficking minors in Florida and New York.

Here's what we know:

Virgin Islands' subpoena requests documents between Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and JPMorgan Chase

The subpoena was issued on April 28, and seeks documents dating back over 20 years between Musk and Epstein.

Those documents include communication between the two and any fees Musk paid to Epstein or JPMorgan in connection with Musk’s accounts, transactions or relationship at JPMorgan Chase, as well as any documents regarding Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking or “his procurement of girls or women for commercial sex.”

In the court filing, the Virgin Islands wrote they believe Epstein “may have referred or attempted to refer” Musk to JPMorgan Chase as a potential client.

The government said its investigation revealed JPMorgan “knowingly, recklessly and unlawfully provided and pulled the levers through which Epstein’s recruiters and victims were paid."

Musk was due to produce the materials by May 12 in San Antonio according to the subpoena, but the government noted in their filing that despite hiring an investigative firm to search public records databases for possible addresses for Musk, the firm only found an email address to one of his lawyers who did not respond.

Elon Musk calls subpoena 'idiotic,' Jeffrey Epstein discussed rumored Tesla role before jail death

Musk called the subpoena "idiotic" in a tweet Monday night, adding, "that cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever."

In 2018, when Elon Musk said he'd obtained funding to take Tesla private, New York Times' columnist James B. Stewart spoke with Epstein on background. The Times published the interview following his death in jail.

In the interview, he said he'd advised Tesla, but avoided specifics, noting that the company would deny his involvement. A spokesperson for Musk did just that.

“It is incorrect to say that Epstein ever advised Elon on anything,” Keely Sulprizio told the Times.

Stewart attempted to ask about the rumored email from Musk to Epstein regarding a list of candidates for a new chairman at Tesla, but Epstein said the email wasn't from Musk. Epstein never revealed who sent the purported email.

In summary, Stewart suggested that Epstein "embellished" his involvement with Tesla.

"It seemed clear Mr. Epstein had embellished his role in the Tesla situation to enhance his own importance and gain attention — something that now seems to have been a pattern."

Elon Musk said he met Jeffrey Epstein, declined trip to his island

Musk and Epstein had met before. After Vanity Fair reported that Musk introduced Epstein to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg at a Palo Alto event, he declined the interaction.

"I don’t recall introducing Epstein to anyone, as I don’t know the guy well enough to do so, Epstein is obviously a creep and Zuckerberg is not a friend of mine," Musk said.

Musk did say that he and his ex-wife, Taluah Riley did go to Epstein's home in Manhattan previously for a short visit.

"She was curious about meeting this strange person for a novel she was writing," Musk told Vanity Fair. "We did not see anything inappropriate at all, apart from weird art. He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.”

A photo of Musk with Ghislaine Maxwell behind him at a Vanity Fair event circulating online led Musk to also clarify he did not know the longtime Epstein associate. Musk said she "photobombed" him at the event.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein: Alleged Tesla ties, declined island invite