Elon Musk has criticized the U.S. Virgin Islands' attempt to subpoena him regarding alleged financial advice from Jeffrey Epstein, calling it "idiotic on so many levels."
The U.S. Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase, seeking to hold the bank liable for profiting from sex trafficking acts committed by Epstein. The subpoena from the USVI is based on the assertion that Epstein referred Musk to JP Morgan as a client.
However, Musk noted on Twitter that his company Tesla hasn't banked with JP Morgan in over ten years after the banking giant "let down" the electric car maker. Since USVI has been unable to serve Musk with the subpoena, they are looking to subpoena Tesla Inc instead.
Musk took to Twitter to refute the allegations, saying, "That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever," and that "the notion that I would need or listen to financial advice from a dumb crook is absurd." He also pointed out that JPMorgan let Tesla down ten years ago, despite having Tesla's global commercial banking business, which they then withdrew.
The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeking to collect unspecified damages from JPMorgan, believing that the banking giant enabled recruiters of Epstein to pay victims and was "indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise."
Denise George, the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, oversees the distribution of funds to help the victims of the convicted pedophile.
The subpoena also requests correspondence and documents between Epstein and Larry Page, who co-founded Google, and testimony from Page, whom they allege also was referred to JP Morgan by Epstein. In April, a complaint was filed in New York alleging that JPMorgan Chase executives were aware of the sex abuse and trafficking allegations against Epstein but overlooked them for years.
Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of solicitation of prostitution involving a minor and was sentenced to 18 months in prison but only served 13, and JPMorgan did not cut ties with Epstein until 2013.
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