Twitter customers flooded the location with photos of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell after the Tesla CEO purchased the social media large, taking the corporate non-public in a deal valued at roughly $44 billion.

On Monday, customers rushed to submit a 2014 photograph of Musk and Maxwell, who was convicted on expenses tied to Jeffrey Epstein's intercourse trafficking ring final yr, poking enjoyable at Musk and suggesting that Twitter's new proprietor would quickly ban the picture from the platform.

"Put up this picture when you nonetheless can" and "Put up this f**kin photograph as a lot as you may," customers wrote alongside the image.

The deal, which is predicted to shut this yr, is the peak of a weeks-long saga between Musk and Twitter.

Within the span of lower than a month, the billionaire grew to become one of many firm's largest shareholders and was additionally supplied and turned down a seat on its board.

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Twitter customers flooded the social media website with the above image of Ghislaine Maxwell and Elon Musk on the 2014 Vainness Honest Oscar Celebration in West Hollywood, California.Kevin Mazur/WireImage

The information that Musk had bought Twitter was met with each disappointment and celebration from varied customers.

Whereas Musk has touted his assist for utilizing Twitter to advertise free speech, his critics have warned of the hazards behind such offers, fearing that he may enable for the unfold of disinformation on Twitter or that he could use his affect to flee accountability.

On Monday, Musk tweeted: "I hope that even my worst critics stay on Twitter, as a result of that's what free speech means."

"You could have restricted time to submit this photograph of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell earlier than it will get banned from Twitter," one person wrote.

One other person captioned the image, "final time elon musk purchased one thing that was roughly 14 years outdated."

Musk has denied understanding Maxwell a number of instances, saying the photograph is a product of coincidence after each of them have been invited to the identical Oscars afterparty.

"Do not know Ghislaine in any respect. She photobombed me as soon as at a Vainness Honest occasion a number of years in the past," Musk tweeted in July 2020. "Actual query is why VF invited her within the first place."

A yr earlier, his spokesperson had additionally issued an announcement saying: "Ghislaine merely inserted herself behind him in a photograph he was posing for with out his data."

In December, a jury in New York federal court docket discovered Maxwell responsible on 5 of six federal expenses, together with intercourse trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to interact in legal sexual exercise and conspiracy.

Her request for a retrial was denied earlier this month by a federal decide. She is scheduled to face sentencing on June 28.

Newsweek reached out to Musk for remark.