The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla CEO Elon Musk to provide documents in a lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of helping facilitate sexual abuse by deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In keeping with a court order Monday within the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Virgin Islands issued a summons to Musk on April 28.
The filing said Musk, one in every of the world’s richest men, can have been referred to JPMorgan by Epstein.
He offered no further explanation of his interest in obtaining documents from Musk.
Musk didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
U.S. Virgin Islands accuses JPMorgan of no red flags over Epstein’s abuse of girls on private island Little St. James, which he owned there.
The bank said it shouldn’t be held answerable for the previous top executive’s relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 in a Manhattan prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
The subpoena covered all communications between the trader and JPMorgan regarding Epstein, in addition to communications between Musk and Epstein.
The subpoena also covered all documents referring to fees Musk had paid to Epstein or JPMorgan in reference to Musk’s accounts or relationship with JPMorgan.
He also asked Musk for all documents reflecting or referring to Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and his procurement of women or women for business sex.
The main points were a part of a request by the Virgin Islands to serve the subpoena to Musk by alternative means as the federal government was unable to serve the primary subpoena to Musk at Tesla or through an attorney who had accepted service on Musk’s behalf previously.
Musk was photographed with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s confidante, on the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars party. But Musk tweeted in 2020 that he didn’t know Maxwell, and she or he “photographed” the billionaire on the party.
Earlier this month, the Virgin Islands received court approval to serve legal documents on Google co-founder Larry Page in the identical court proceedings.
The ruling didn’t specify what information was requested from Page.
Tesla shares remained unchanged in after-hours trading.