He was named as a co-conspirator in the child sex trafficking ring led by Jeffrey Epstein in the public release of the Epstein files in February 2026. In emails with Epstein, Bin Sulayem shared his sexual experiences and appeared to send attachments of images with Epstein. On 24 April 2009, Epstein sent him an email stating "where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video". Bin Sulayem also emailed Epstein telling him "the Ukrainian and the Moldavian arrived. Big disappointment the Moldavian is not as attractive as the picture." In another exchange, Sulayem wrote, "Thank you my friend I am off the sample a fresh 100% female Russian at my yacht."

Bin Sulayem did not respond to queries from news outlets regarding the content of these emails or his departure from DP World.

He resigned from his executive positions due to his association with Epstein.