Epstein invites Musk to his Caribbean island

From:: Jeffrey Epstein
Date:: September 25, 2012
To:: Elon Musk

Excerpt. Only this much of the email has been made public.

If you find some time, come visit me on my island in the caribean. bring your friend or friends. i will be there most of nov and dec.

About this email

Epstein invites Musk to visit his private island and to bring friends, saying he will be there most of November and December.

Notes

Released by the U.S. Department of Justice on 2026-01-30 as part of the Epstein files (about 3 million pages). The text here is only what news outlets quoted from the DOJ PDF; the DOJ file itself sits behind an age-verification page and could not be retrieved, and '=' characters are encoding artifacts in the released files. Being named in the files is not evidence of wrongdoing, and no record of Musk actually visiting the island appears in the reporting. Musk's public response on X (31 Jan 2026, as quoted by TIME): "No one pushed harder than me to have the Epstein files released and I'm glad that has finally happened" and "I had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his island or fly on his 'Lolita Express'"; NBC also quotes him: "I have never been to any Epstein parties ever and have many times call for the prosecution of those who committed crimes." Email sent TO Musk; included because Musk replied the same day.

Where it came from

Government release; attribution widely reported.

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