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The U.S. Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeking documents arsenic portion of that government's suit against JPMorgan Chase implicit sex trafficking by the bank's precocious longtime lawsuit Jeffrey Epstein, a tribunal filing revealed Monday.
That filing said the Virgin Islands has tried unsuccessfully since precocious April to service Musk with the subpoena, which was issued due to the fact that Epstein "may person referred oregon attempted to refer" Musk arsenic a lawsuit to JPMorgan.
The USVI asked Manhattan national tribunal Judge Jed Rakoff successful the filing to let the authorities to service Musk with the subpoena for the documents with Tesla's registered agent.
The USVI hired an investigative steadfast to effort to find an code from Musk, and besides contacted 1 of the CEO's lawyers, who successful the past has waived the request of him being personally served with ineligible documents successful past national cases, according to the filing successful U.S. District Court successful Manhattan.
"The Government contacted Mr. Musk's counsel via email to inquire if helium would beryllium authorized to judge work connected Mr. Musk's behalf successful this substance but did not person a effect confirming oregon denying his authority," the filing said.
CNBC has reached retired to petition remark from Musk, who successful summation to being CEO of Tesla is caput of SpaceX and Twitter CEO by e-mail.
The USVI is suing JPMorgan for allegedly enabling and benefiting from Epstein's trafficking of young women to his backstage land successful the Virgin Islands to beryllium abused by him and others.
JPMorgan denies the government's claims, which are mirrored successful a abstracted pending civilian suit successful Manhattan national tribunal by a pistillate who says Epstein sexually abused her.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is owed to beryllium deposed for some lawsuits opening connected May 26.
- Additional reporting by CNBC's Lora Kolodny
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