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Wall Street Journal Reports Epstein Allegedly Tried to Blackmail Gates Over a Past Relationship
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In May 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported — and other outlets corroborated — that Jeffrey Epstein had allegedly tried to blackmail Bill Gates in 2017, threatening to expose what the Journal described as a prior relationship between Gates and a Russian bridge player, Mila Antonova, whom Gates had met around 2010. According to the report, Epstein — who had separately paid for Antonova's coding-school tuition — sent Gates a thinly veiled threatening email after Gates declined to back Epstein's proposed charitable fund. Gates has denied any affair; a Gates Foundation spokesperson said he 'met with Epstein solely for philanthropic purposes' and that 'Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr Gates.' The allegations are based on reporting of Epstein's correspondence and remain unproven.
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