{"id":319732,"date":"2026-04-16T20:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=319732"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:14:32","slug":"elon-musks-father-says-its-absurd-to-consider-jeffrey-epstein-is-de-facto-dead-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/elon-musks-father-says-its-absurd-to-consider-jeffrey-epstein-is-de-facto-dead-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s father says it\u2019s \u2018absurd\u2019 to consider Jeffrey Epstein is de facto dead | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The dad of the world\u2019s richest man subscribes to the speculation that the late Jeffrey Epstein isn\u2019t quite as late as we\u2019ve just indicated (Pictures: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The all the time controversial figure of Errol Musk \u2013 father of Elon \u2013 has resurfaced with one other eyebrow-raising take. This time the South African\u2019s claiming that Jeffrey Epstein remains to be alive.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old made the comments during a primetime interview on Russian state television. <\/p>\n

Asked, for some reason, about Epstein, Errol dismissed the official account of his death outright, leaning into long-running conspiracy theories about what exactly happened to the paedophile financier.<\/p>\n

Convicted sex offender Epstein was found dead in his Latest York prison cell on August 10, 2019. He was, on the time, awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in a case that drew global attention and limitless \u2013 ongoing \u2013 scrutiny.<\/p>\n

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Errol\u2019s currently in Russia on a brief trip that\u2019s \u2018specializing in research projects with Russian scientists\u2019 (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Epstein\u2019s death was formally ruled a suicide by town\u2019s chief health worker. Questions on the circumstances have continued to flow into within the years since.<\/p>\n

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\u2018For my part, it\u2019s absurd to think that he’s dead. It\u2019s ridiculous,\u2019 Errol said.<\/p>\n

The road didn\u2019t land all that well, drawing quite a few groans from the studio audience. That didn\u2019t slow him down, though.<\/p>\n

\u2018The prison guards have come out to say that he was swapped out the night before he was imagined to commit suicide,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n

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Epstein died in police custody in August of 2019 (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He then doubled down even further, adding: \u2018The cameras were off on the fallacious time, the guards went to sleep.\u2019<\/p>\n

He then concluded: \u2018It\u2019s absolutely absurd to think that this man is dead. He\u2019s alive and well.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a well-known line of considering in conspiracy circles. One which\u2019s cropped up repeatedly because the news of Epstein\u2019s death hit, alongside others.<\/p>\n

The setting was fairly unusual. However, so was the claim. Errol is currently in Russia on a two-week visit focused on what\u2019s been described as \u2018research projects with Russian scientists\u2019. He\u2019s no stranger to the country, having made repeated trips in recent times.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Musk not only believes that Jeffrey Epstein is alive, but says that the very concept that he\u2019s dead is \u2018ridiculous\u2019 (Picture: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the weekend, he was reportedly spotted at a Moscow cathedral attending an Orthodox Easter midnight service, an event also attended by none apart from Vladimir Putin himself.<\/p>\n

The looks placed him alongside the Russian president on the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, one of the vital outstanding religious sites within the country.<\/p>\n

Errol has built something of a popularity for speaking his mind, whatever the audience or their response to what he comes out with. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s prolonged beyond geopolitics, too, occasionally drawing his circle of relatives into the conversation.<\/p>\n

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Elon and Errol Musk are estranged, with the Tesla boss once calling his father \u2018a terrible human being\u2019 (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Musk has previously blamed his son for a falling out with Donald Trump, adding one more layer to an already complicated public dynamic. <\/p>\n

The comments also sit against the backdrop of a long-running and infrequently strained relationship between Errol and his son, one which has played out in interviews through the years moderately than behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

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The sick feeling towards Elon and his dad goes each ways. Errol once said that he\u2019s \u2018not pleased with\u2019 his billionaire son (Picture: Russia-1)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elon Musk has previously described his father as \u2018a terrible human being\u2019, adding: \u2018Almost every evil thing you may possibly consider, he has done.\u2019<\/p>\n

Errol, meanwhile, has been openly critical in his own way, offering a really different version of events when asked. <\/p>\n

In a single interview, he said: \u2018We’re a family which were doing a number of things for a very long time. It\u2019s not as if we suddenly began doing something,\u2019 before adding that he was \u2018not proud\u2019 of Elon in the way in which that a number of people might expect.<\/p>\n

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