The image, released by the US Department of Justice, shows Zuckerberg seated alongside Musk, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. (Photo: US Justice Department)
A recently released photograph from the new tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files appears to show some of Silicon Valley’s tech magnates, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk at a dinner in 2015 which the convicted sex offender allegedly described as a “wild” dinner.
The image, released by the US Department of Justice, shows Zuckerberg seated alongside Musk, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab’s former director Joi Ito.
The photograph was reportedly emailed by Epstein to himself in August 2015. The deceased sex offender had also framed a copy of the photograph and had it on display at his apartment in Manhattan.
They just found an Elon Musk picture with Jeffrey Epstein in a secret meeting with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel.
Epstein had sent an email to his pal Peter Attia, who is a contributor to CBS News, on August 2, 2015 and the mail reveals that the dinner took place on the date, according to files released by the Justice Department.
In the email, Epstein wrote to Attia asking, “Where are you?” before adding, “I might be in LA Monday, Burbank to look at the interior of the other bbj, tonite dinner with Musk, [Pataltr boss Peter] Thiel, Zuckerburg.” Attia responded to Epstein’s mail, saying “Sounds like an awesome dinner.”
In another email sent by the convicted paedophile to billionaire Tom Pritzker on August 20, 2015, Epstein described the dinner as a “wild” gathering, Daily Mail reported.
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Musk, who is the world’s richest person, has previously appeared in the Epstein files, including in earlier email exchanges two years prior to the 2015 dinner party.
In an email dated November 25, 2012, Musk reportedly emailed Epstein asking, “What day/night will be the wildest party on =our (sic) island? Probably just Talulah and me.”
It was a response to an email which the sex offender had sent a day earlier and asked, “How many people will you be for the heli to island?”
Nischai Vats is a Deputy Copy Editor at The Indian Express. His work primarily covers US politics and visa and immigration policy, alongside broader international developments, with an emphasis on accuracy, verification, and clear explainers.
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The image, released by the US Department of Justice, shows Zuckerberg seated alongside Musk, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. (Photo: US Justice Department) 
