Elon Musk is reportedly now stepping into the national debate surrounding Jeffrey Epstein by offering to personally pay the legal fees for any of the convicted sex offender’s victims who are willing to come forward and publicly identify their alleged abusers but fear retaliation through lawsuits.
“I will pay for the defense of anyone who speaks the truth about this and is sued for doing so,” Musk said Sunday in a post on X.
The offer came in response to comments from conservative commentator Matt Walsh, who had shared a newly released public service announcement featuring women who say they were victimized by Epstein and others in his circle. The PSA, released on Super Bowl Sunday, urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to “stand” with Epstein’s victims and push for accountability.
In the video, several women appeared together, saying they were no longer willing to remain silent. “After years of being kept apart, we’re standing together,” they said. Holding up photos of themselves from the time of their alleged abuse, the women repeated calls for the truth to be fully revealed. “Because this girl deserves the truth,” one said. “Because we all deserve the truth,” they added.
Walsh said he fully supports the release of every Epstein-related file in the Justice Department’s possession but questioned why the women in the video stopped short of naming the individuals they claim abused them.
“These women could also just name their abusers at any time,” Walsh wrote. He pointed out that instead, they launched what he described as a months-long publicity campaign that began, in his view, at a politically notable moment. Walsh said the women claimed to know the identities of powerful figures who committed crimes but declined to make those names public.
In a follow-up post, Walsh addressed responses suggesting the women were afraid of legal consequences if they spoke out. He argued that there were alternative ways to disclose the information without exposing themselves to lawsuits, including sharing names with members of Congress who could read them into the public record.
“They could simply give the names to any of their many advocates in Congress,” Walsh wrote, noting that such a move could shield both lawmakers and the women from litigation. He questioned why that option had not been pursued.
It was at that point that Musk weighed in, offering to remove the legal barrier altogether by covering any defense costs the women might face if they are sued after naming their alleged abusers.
Musk’s comments come as his own name surfaced in the latest batch of Epstein-related documents released at the end of January. Following that disclosure, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO accused the mainstream media and what he described as “far-left propagandists” of focusing on him while ignoring others. Musk said attention was being deliberately redirected away from people “who are actually guilty.”
He also said he anticipated being “smeared relentlessly” simply for being mentioned in the files, despite no allegation of wrongdoing contained in the documents themselves.
By offering financial backing to Epstein’s victims, Musk positioned himself as challenging what critics see as a system that protects the powerful while discouraging victims from speaking freely. His move has added a new dimension to the ongoing debate over transparency, accountability, and whether the full truth about Epstein’s network will ever be publicly confronted.
