Katie Kerekes, FISM News

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The U.S. Virgin Islands has issued a subpoena to Tesla CEO Elon Musk for documents in its litigation accusing JPMorgan Chase of enabling sexual abuse and trafficking by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Reuters report early this morning.

The subpoena, originally filed on April 28, was revealed yesterday when the Virgin Islands issued a request to serve Musk by alternative means, stating its inability to locate and serve the billionaire.

Filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the document suggests Epstein may have referred Musk to JPMorgan, but the Virgin Islands provided no further explanation of its interest in said documents.

In a Tweet late Monday, Musk denied the allegation.

JPMORGAN STALLING EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION

This development comes after a New York federal judge warned JPMorgan that he may find the bank in contempt of court if it does not expedite its production of evidence related to its business-client relationship with Epstein, for both the aforementioned lawsuit from the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and another from an Epstein accuser.

Judge Jed Rakoff suggested that the bank and its counsel are stalling the release of documents and evidence to the plaintiffs in the case. His notice reads:

“The Court also wishes to note that it is concerned that JPMorgan is not moving more expeditiously to produce responsive documents,” Rakoff wrote.

“While the Court appreciates the large volume of discovery that is to be completed in this case, a company as large and JPMorgan and counsel as experienced as WilmerHale and Massey & Gail should be able to move with greater speed than what was revealed by this incident,” he continued.

“So JPMorgan is put on notice that further expedition will be needed on pain of being put in contempt of Court.”

As previously reported by FISM, an attorney who has represented numerous Epstein victims claims the sex-trafficking operation was impossible without the bank’s assistance, and the proceedings allege the financial institution turned a blind eye to the questionable behavior of its client.

The lawsuits accuse the bank of allowing Epstein to remain a client despite evidence that he was using millions of dollars of funds kept with the institution to facilitate the “trafficking of girls and young women to his private island in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere.”

The bank denies any allegations of wrongdoing, and places blame on its former bank executive Jes Staley for “any liability arising from its relationship with Epstein.”