Musk asks Epstein: 'Is there a good time to visit?'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: December 13, 2013 (Lead Stories and the New York Post give 13 Dec 2013; TIME gives 14 Dec)
To:: Jeffrey Epstein
Subject:: Christmas and New Years

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

Will be in the BVI/St Bart's area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?

About this email

Musk tells Epstein he will be in the British Virgin Islands and St Barts over the 2013 holidays and asks when to visit.

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." Subject line per Lead Stories (404 Media renders it 'Christmas and New Year's').

Where it came from

Government release; attribution widely reported.

Personal, outside & personal. Tags: epstein-files, island-invitation, st-barts

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