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Plot twist: Ghislaine Maxwell asked Elon Musk to 'destroy Internet’ in pic he claims was ‘photobombed’

When the photograph was taken, Maxwell asked Musk if there was a way to delete information about oneself off the internet, a staffer has claimed

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA: British socialite turned-convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, who got sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls, reportedly asked Elon Musk to destroy the internet in the famous 2014 photo of the two which Musk previously claimed “was a photobomb.”

The photo was taken a decade ago at an Oscars afterparty hosted by then-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014, but it made waves on the internet in 2020 with one netizen asking, “Your good friend Ghislaine Maxwell?” To which Musk responded by saying, “Don’t know Ghislaine at all. She photobombed me once at a Vanity Fair party several years ago. The real question is why VF invited her in the first place.” The photo caused many to question Musk's link to Maxwell. But he denied knowing her. The photo was widely shared on Twitter in 2022 as well after Musk, Tesla CEO initially offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April. 

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As per Business Insider, the photo again made its way to Twitter last week with a note, that was later removed, which read, "The photo of Musk and Maxwell was captured at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2014. It's the only picture of the pair. There's no photo evidence that suggests they conversed. Musk later responded about the picture and said he didn't know Maxwell, and that she 'photobombed' him." And now, according to the New York Times, it seems there’s more to the photo than a simple photobombing.

When the photo was taken by WireImage photographer Kevin Mazur, Maxwell asked Musk if there was a way to delete information about oneself from the internet, a Vanity Fair worker who was standing next to the duo told the outlet, as reported by Business Insider. The worker, who wanted to stay anonymous, said, Maxwell also told Musk that she wanted him to destroy the internet. They also "discussed aliens and Musk brought up his theory that reality could be a simulation," added the source.

In 2020, Business Insider reported that Epstein introduced Musk's younger brother, Kimbal Musk, to a woman to get close to the Tesla CEO. Kimbal and the woman dating from 2011 to 2012, and Epstein received a tour of Elon's company SpaceX in 2012. At the time, SpaceX denied Epstein received a tour and Musk also said on Twitter, "To the best our knowledge, he never toured SpaceX. Don’t know where that comes from."