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Elon Musk denies Jeffrey Epstein toured SpaceX facilities

* Elon Musk on Saturday denied that the late convicted sex offender and multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was given a tour of a SpaceX facility.  * A photo showed Musk with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's alleged co-conspirator who was arrested on Thursday, raising questions about his relationship to Musk.  * In a statement to Vanity Fair last year, Musk distanced himself from Epstein, who he said was "obviously a creep."   * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Elon Musk refuted rumors Saturday that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein toured his Space X facilities as a photo of Musk and Epstein's alleged co-conspirator — the recently arrested Ghislaine Maxwell — continues to re-circulate on social media. "To the best our knowledge, he never toured SpaceX," Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, tweeted Saturday. "Don't know where that comes from." In response to the viral photo, which users have been sending to him on Twitter, the Tesla CEO said he did not know Maxwell and that he attended the party, which was hosted by Vanity Fair in 2014, with his then-wife. "Real question is why did VF invite her?" Musk tweeted. "Ghislaine simply inserted herself behind him in a photo he was posing for without his knowledge," a spokesperson told Business Insider about the photo in 2019 prior to its re-circulation as a result of her arrest. Photos of Maxwell and prominent figures — including President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton — have been widely shared amid her arrest. On Thursday, the US Justice Department announced Maxwell was charged with enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and two counts of perjury.  As Business Insider previously reported in January, two sources said that Epstein introduced Kimbal Musk — Elon Musk's brother — to a woman in his entourage reportedly in an effort to grow favor with Musk and gain access to his companies, including Tesla and SpaceX.  To the best our knowledge, he never toured SpaceX. Don’t know where that comes from. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2020 "It almost seemed a little more transactional. The rumor has always been that Epstein facilitated introductions to beautiful women, looking for deal flow or access to capital," one source familiar with the couple told Business Insider. According to the report, the efforts were at least somewhat successful as Epstein and "members of his entourage" were granted a private tour of Elon Musk's SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, in 2012, which Musk has now denied. As Business Insider reported, the tour had been organized by Musk's brother and it is unclear whether either Elon or Kimbal Musk were present when it reportedly occurred. In a statement last year to Vanity Fair, Musk distanced himself from Musk, denying accusations he introduced Epstein to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and said he was at Epstein's Manhattan home for just a half-hour with his ex-wife, actress Talulah Riley. Musk said his ex-wife was interested in Epstein for a "novel she was writing."  "We did not see anything inappropriate at all, apart from weird art," he said last year. "He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined." Read more:  Nikola's CEO gives the biggest reason why businesses should buy the Nikola Two instead of Tesla's Semi truck These Yale students built an app that makes it super simple for people to communicate with incarcerated loved ones for free Rahul Narang's tech fund has gotten top marks for risk-adjusted returns for 2 years running. He's done it in part by focusing on stocks that other investors won't touch. Why an early exec quit unicorn food delivery startup Deliveroo to launch a food business in the middle of a pandemic Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Inside London during COVID-19 lockdown
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