Fact Check: Was Elon Musk Photographed With Ghislaine Maxwell?

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Following the news that Elon Musk’s offer to purchase Twitter had been accepted, social media was flooded with a picture of the billionaire with Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell was an associate of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and she was convicted last year of sex trafficking of a minor and a number of other crimes related to her association with Epstein. There have been a number of instances of viral pictures of celebrities with Epstein or Maxwell that have turned out to be fake. This one, however, is authentic. Musk and Maxwell were both in attendance at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars after party, where they were photographed together. The image can be found on Getty Images. Musk has denied knowing Maxwell, saying that she “photobombed” him at the Vanity Fair party. 

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    Narwhal

    Looks like a photobomb to me. She is clearly standing behind him, he seems unaware of her, and it is the only photo of them together.

    If it was a photobomb then that raises the question of why she did it. What did she hope to achieve. Also, who took the photo, who asked Elon to pose for a photo, and who else she did similar things to and why.

    Edit: This reminds me of the DC couple who went to an Obama era WH party without an invitation and who had been doing similar things for years, not just at the Obama WH. Power attracts all sorts for all sorts of reasons. It isn’t always good to be king.

    Edit: This also reminds me of the fact that Keanu Reeves apparently has a policy of not touching fans in photos taken with them. If he has his arm around them it hovers over them without touching them. Someone likely gave him good advice early on in his career or he learned from experience directly or indirectly, his own or others.

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    Show Jay Janney the 🚪!

    I think the photo says more about the oscars and vanity fair than it does about Elon Musk. Ghislaine was welcome in that circle of people...

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    1. cb76

      Alternatively, he makes good on removing all the guardrails and moderators, the platform swiftly degrades into a cesspool of porn, death threats and relentless shit posting, and the whole project implodes like a black hole of malevolent frivolity. Which would also be a win.

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        1. cb76

          Good point. I'm not getting on twitter if I have to pull it up on safari every time I use it rather than just press the app on my phone, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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    BestUsedCarSales

    It's weird that we've all seemingly agreed as a culture that Italian accents are basically the only accent people are allowed to do for laughs these days.
    I'm not upset by this, just think it's interesting how all sides seem to have converged to this. It's the invisible hand at work.

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    1. cb76

      Oh, you'd be amazed at the consequence-free laughs you can get with an Irish accent these days.

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      Dave T

      I refute you thusly: C3PO's Indian accent is hilarious.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9tgLnI0fFc

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