The U.S. Virgin Islands has taken legal action in its lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over the bank’s involvement in the sex trafficking activities of its late client Jeffrey Epstein.
A court filing on Monday revealed that the Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to CEO and chief engineer of Space X, Elon Musk, seeking documents related to the case.
The April 28 subpoena aimed to uncover any communication between Musk, JPMorgan, and Epstein, as well as any documents linking Epstein to human trafficking or the procurement of girls or women for sexual purposes.
However, the Virgin Islands faced difficulties in serving Musk with the subpoena and requested permission from Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff to serve it through Tesla’s registered agent.
The government of the U.S. territory filed the lawsuit against JPMorgan, alleging that the bank enabled and benefited from Epstein’s trafficking of young women to his private island in the Virgin Islands for abuse.
JPMorgan denies these claims, which are also mirrored in a separate civil lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court by a woman who alleges that Epstein sexually abused her. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to be deposed for both lawsuits, beginning on May 26.
In addition to Elon Musk, the Virgin Islands had previously issued subpoenas for documents to several other high-profile individuals, including Google co-founder Larry Page, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former Disney executive Michael Ovitz, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker, and billionaire real estate investor Mort Zuckerman.
The government revealed its attempts to locate Musk’s address, including hiring an investigative firm and contacting one of his lawyers.
While Musk responded to a Twitter user’s tweet about the article, calling the situation “idiotic” and denying any involvement with Epstein, the government had not received confirmation or denial of his lawyer’s authority to accept legal documents on Musk’s behalf.
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