Epstein's reply: 'no one over 25 and all very cute'

From:: Jeffrey Epstein
Date:: September 11, 2013 (The Independent dates the exchange to 11 Sep 2013; the reply may have been sent later)
To:: Elon Musk

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

Do you think i am retarded [...] Just kidding , there is no one over 25 and all very cute.

About this email

After Musk dismissed a trip to New York to see UN diplomats, Epstein replied that he had been joking about the guests.

Notes

Released by the U.S. Department of Justice on 2026-01-30 as part of the Epstein files. The text here is only what news outlets quoted from the DOJ PDFs; the DOJ files sit behind an age-verification page and could not be retrieved. Being named in the files is not evidence of wrongdoing. Musk's public response on X (31 Jan 2026): "I had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his island or fly on his 'Lolita Express', but was well aware that some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name." Email sent TO Musk; text as quoted by The Independent (Fortune prints the second sentence in lower case).

Where it came from

Government release; attribution widely reported.

Personal, outside & personal. Tags: epstein-files, new-york

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