New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk allegedly discussed plans to visit the Caribbean with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, newly released emails show. The email was released by the US Department of Justice on Friday.

The email trail was part of a cache of 3 million files the Justice Department released from its years-long investigation into the convicted sex offender, Epstein.

They include several exchanges between Epstein, Musk, and their assistants, Business Insider reported.

In an email dated November 24, 2012, Jeffrey Epstein asked Elon Musk about sending a helicopter to whisk the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to his private island in the Caribbean.

"how many people will you be for the heli to island," the email read.

Musk...