Late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein reportedly threatened enterprise magnate and philanthropist Invoice Gates over his alleged affair with a Russian bridge participant.
The convicted financer – who additionally made headlines about his friendship with King Charles III’s youthful brother Prince Andrew – “tried unsuccessfully to leverage a previous relationship to threaten Gates,” a spokesperson for Gates stated in an announcement, based on a brand new report from The Wall Avenue Journal.
The message was reportedly despatched over e mail in 2017 – after Epstein who died by suicide whereas awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and intercourse trafficking expenses – realized of the alleged relationship with Mila Antonova.
The outlet, citing sources accustomed to the matter, claimed that Epstein had additionally didn’t get Gates to affix in a charitable fund that by no means got here to fruition.
Epstein, as per reviews, met bridge participant in 2013, years after Gates met her when she was in her 20s, based on the the identical media outlet. The tech billionaire was married to ex-wife Melinda French Gates at the moment.
He requested to be reimbursed for cash he spent to ship her to software program coding college, based on the outlet.
The message additionally seemingly hinted at the concept that Epstein may expose the alleged relationship if an affiliation between the 2 males was not maintained, per the newspaper, which reported that no cost was made.
“Gates met with Epstein solely for philanthropic functions. Having failed repeatedly to attract Mr. Gates past these issues, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a previous relationship to threaten Gates,” a spokesperson for the co-founder of Microsoft stated based on an announcement obtained a media outlet.
“Gates by no means had any monetary dealings with Epstein. As Invoice has stated earlier than, it was a mistake to have ever met him,” the spokesperson added.
Invoice Gates Says He Regrets Ties to Jeffrey Epstein: ‘It Was a Enormous Mistake to Spend Time with Him’
In a YouTube video posted in 2010, Mila Antonova, Russian bridge participant who had alleged affair with Invoice Gates, opened up about assembly the enterprise tycoon, now 67, throughout a bridge match in Washington, D.C. “I did not beat him however I attempted to kick him with my leg,” she stated within the video.
Antonova reportedly known as on Epstein whereas in search of $500,000 for a web based enterprise, based on the Journal. Epstein finally didn’t make investments, stated the participant.
She informed the newspaper that “Epstein agreed to pay and he paid on to the college.”
“I had no concept that he was a legal or had any ulterior motive,” Antonova, who didn’t touch upon Gates, informed the Journal in an announcement. “I simply thought he was a profitable businessman and needed to assist.”
