Musk: 'When should we head to your island on the 2nd?'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: December 2013 (between 15 and 30 Dec 2013; exact date not given)
To:: Jeffrey Epstein
Subject:: Christmas and New Years

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

Actually, I could fly back early on the 3rd. We will be in St Bart's. When should we head to your island on the 2nd?

About this email

Musk adjusts his holiday plans and asks Epstein when he should head to the island on January 2.

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." The New York Post also quotes an earlier short Musk reply in this chain: "probably the 1st then".

Where it came from

Government release; attribution widely reported.

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

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