Jeffrey Epstein once boasted about meeting Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel at what he described as a “wild” dinner,” an email released by the Justice Department showed.
The late financier and sex offender referenced the dinner in an Aug. 20, 2015 email to billionaire Tom Pritzker, who had asked him if he was planning to travel to New York later that month.
Epstein replied: “not sure yet. i had dinner with zuckerburg, mu=k, thiel hoffman, wild.”
The convicted pedophile did not relate what happened at the dinner, which was first reported by Vanity Fair in 2019. The outlet said Hoffman, the cofounder of LinkedIn, had hosted the meal in Palo Alta, Calif., for the MIT neuroscientist Ed Boyden.
When reached for comment, a Meta spokesperson pointed to a statement released in 2019.
“Mark met Epstein in passing one time at a dinner honoring scientists that was not organized by Epstein,” Zuckerberg spokesman Ben LaBolt said at the time. “Mark did not communicate with Epstein again following the dinner.”
Vanity Fair reported that Musk had introduced Zuckerberg to Epstein at the dinner – an allegation that Musk denied in an email to the outlet.
“I don’t recall introducing Epstein to anyone, as I don’t know the guy well enough to do so, Epstein is obviously a creep and Zuckerberg is not a friend of mine,” Musk said at the time.
As The Post reported, newly released Epstein emails this week showed Hoffman discussing visits to Epstein’s private island, as well as his New Mexico ranch and his New York City apartment.
“Reid will spend the night at 71st,” stated one 2014 email from Hoffman’s team that was included in the document dump, in reference to Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse.
Hoffman addressed the newly uncovered emails in an X post on Sunday, denying any wrongdoing.
“Yes, interacting with Epstein post-conviction is something I deeply regret,” Hoffman wrote. “I promise to continue calling for the full release of the Epstein files – the victims deserve justice, and those responsible should be held accountable.”
He quote-tweeted a post stating: “I don’t think Reid was involved in anything nefarious, but he obviously made a mistake by being involved with Epstein post his conviction (like hundreds of important people did).”
Newly unsealed emails showed Musk exchanging messages with Epstein about a potential visit to his infamous island, though he never actually made the trip.
The Tesla chief has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and reiterated that stance in a series of X posts over the weekend.
“I have never been to any Epstein parties ever and have many times call for the prosecution of those who have committed crimes with Epstein,” Musk wrote in one post. “The acid test for justice is not the release of the files, but rather the prosecution of those who committed heinous crimes with Epstein.”
Attempts to reach Pritzker through reps at the Pritzker Organization were not immediately returned.
A Thiel spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
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