A recent report from the Wall Street Journal has revealed that Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious pedophile who died in jail in 2019, attempted to blackmail Bill Gates by threatening to expose an alleged affair he had in 2010 with a Russian bridge player in her early 20s.
According to the report, Epstein asked Gates to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund in 2017 and reportedly threatened to expose the Microsoft billionaire's infidelity if he declined.
The report further states that Gates allegedly had an affair with a woman named Mila Antonova in 2010 after meeting her at a bridge tournament. Antonova was in her early 20s at the time of the experience, and Gates was married to his ex-wife Melinda Gates.
In 2013, Antonova met Epstein when she was trying to raise funds for a business venture that included an online bridge platform. Epstein did not fund this project but paid Antonova to attend a software coding school.
It was in 2017 when Epstein used Gates' affair with Antonova as leverage to get him to participate in the charity fund. The "threat" was not straightforward and was sent to ask Gates for reimbursement for Antonova's coding school, which was the first time Epstein mentioned the affair, according to the outlet.
According to documents obtained by WSJ, Antonova was first introduced to Epstein through Boris Nikolic, an advisor to Gates, to help raise funds for her online bridge venture, which she was hoping to secure $500,000 for to "promote bridge by creating quality tutorials for beginners and advanced players." While Antonova failed to secure the funds, Epstein paid for her education.
A spokesperson for Bill Gates told Wall Street Journal, "Mr. Gates met with Epstein solely for philanthropic purposes. Having failed repeatedly to draw Mr. Gates beyond these matters, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates."
Bill and Melinda Gates divorced in 2019, shortly after Epstein was charged with sex trafficking. Gates, whose foundation has worked hard to help girls globally, met with Epstein over numerous years after Epstein had been in prison for soliciting sex from a minor. When Gates met with him, Epstein was already a registered sex offender. Melinda said Bill's relationship with Epstein was a cause that attributed to her filing for divorce.
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