- The new pictures exhibits one among Epstein’s alleged sufferer pictured with Gates at his Microsoft workplace after the lady was flown in on the financier’s non-public jet
A surprising new photograph revealed by The Wall Street Journal seems to indicate Microsoft founder Bill Gates standing alongside a Polish mannequin, in her 20s, who says that she was one among financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged victims.
Gates and Epstein’s friendship has been properly documented with the billionaire saying he regretted their relationship. The new photograph was taken in 2014, six years after Epstein pleaded responsible in Florida to procuring a baby for prostitution.
During an interview with CNN this yr, host Sarah Ferguson requested Gates whether or not he was warned by his former spouse about Epstein’s ‘method of sexually compromising folks.’
In an interview with WSJ, the Polish mannequin says that she flew alongside Epstein to satisfy with Gates in his Microsoft workplace in Seattle in 2014. She was one of many many ladies who grew to become ensnared by the pedophile with guarantees of a profession and success. The image was taken by Epstein himself, she alleges.
‘Now after I take a look at myself there, it couldn’t have regarded regular. I noticed the appears of these folks, like what’s she doing right here?,’ she instructed the outlet. The lady additionally posed for a photograph with disgraced Oscar-winner Woody Allen.
Esptein and Gates pictured collectively on the pedophile financier’s residence in Manhattan in 2011
Starting in 2011 Gates met with Epstein a number of occasions. Gates attended dinners at Epstein’s home in New York City (pictured), the Wall Street Journal reported
The new photograph purportedly exhibits the Police mannequin with Gates inside his Microsoft workplace in in 2014
Jeffrey Epstein took his personal life inside his Manhattan jail promote in August 2019
Gates, pictured earlier this month, has maintained that his relationship with Epstein was purely associated to philanthropic causes
A spokesperson for Gates instructed the Journal that he didn’t work together with the mannequin when she visited his workplaces. According to her, Epstein had promised her a job with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. DailyMail.com has reached out to the inspiration for remark.
The report provides that shortly after assembly, Epstein’s accountant, Richard Kahn, wrote a letter in help of her visa utility. The utility stated that the lady could be doing work for the inspiration in Africa.
An itinerary for a visit to Africa on behalf of the inspiration was additionally emailed to the lady by way of Epstein from Gates Foundation deputy director Melanie Walker. Walker too was a customer to the pedophile’s residence in Manhattan.
Another lady who was related to Epstein, a Russian Model, allegedly confirmed a Wall Street Journal reporter three footage of her with Gates in three completely different locations, together with a resort and Epstein’s home.
She additionally stated that the pictures have been typically Epstein’s concept and that he instructed her to put up them on social media.
‘Epstein tried, unsuccessfully, to attach himself to Mr. Gates by any means doable, together with spontaneously bringing in folks for pictures with Bill, whom Bill didn’t know or work together with additional. Mr. Gates solely ever met with Epstein for philanthropic functions, which he regrets,’ a press release from the inspiration given to the Wall Street Journal reads.
The Polish mannequin stated that she broke off contact with Epstein in 2015 when his numerous profession guarantees by no means got here to fruition.
‘Unfortunately my impression is that turning into a mistress was the one one job proposition you have been actually critical about. Meeting Gates or Woody was nice – thanks – will always remember it – though no person rent me simply because I’ve a pleasant footage with them,’ she wrote to him in an electronic mail.
Earlier this yr, it was broadly reported that Epstein tried to make use of his data of Gates’ affair with Mila Antonova to blackmail him.
Epstein needed Gates to put money into a multibillion-dollar charitable fund again in 2013 however he wouldn’t oblige.
Gates, who has stated that bridge is one among his favourite hobbies, allegedly met Antonova at a match in 2010 and had an affair together with her at across the identical time. He was 55 and he or she was in her 20s.
Epstein met her later in round 2013 when she was trying to increase cash to start out an internet bridge platform. Though he didn’t bankroll the venture he did later pay for her to attend a software program coding college.
The ‘risk’ was not made till 2017 when Epstein wrote to Gates asking for reimbursement for Antonova’s coding college in a tone that implied he knew in regards to the affair and will expose it.
In a January 2023 interview with CNN, Gates was requested about ‘going towards’ his then-wife Melinda’s recommendation to keep away from Epstein.
‘You’re going method again in time… I should not have had dinners with him,’ he stated.