The convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared to threaten Bill Gates and tried to blackmail the multi-billionaire over his extramarital affair with a Russian bridge player, according to a new report published by the Wall Street Journal.
So now Elon Musk wants to know why Bill Gates hasn’t been prosecuted from the Epstein client list.
Gates met with Epstein multiple times starting in 2011 to discuss philanthropy, years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution, the New York Times first reported.
The billionaire has distanced himself from Epstein in recent years, following Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking charges and subsequent death in federal custody. Gates said he met with Epstein in the hopes of getting billions of dollars for global health initiatives, but later described the interactions as a “huge mistake.”
The revelation about Epstein’s threat to Gates is the latest in a string of news reports linking Epstein to billionaires.
Epstein was found dead in a New York City jail cell in August 2019 from an apparent suicide, while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges for years of abusing underage women at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate and on his private island in the tax haven U.S. Virgin Islands. Last week, the New York Times reported billionaire PayPal and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel may have had multiple meetings with Epstein, though the purpose of their meetings is unclear.
Also, the Journal reported that Epstein paid the president of Bard College $150,000 and reportedly helped MIT professor Noam Chomsky move money.
One tweet, posted on February 20, which has been viewed more than 106,000 times, stated: “Hey @BillGates. In this video, you came up with an inappropriate analogy comparing wearing masks to wearing pants. By the way, did you wear your pants during the 37 ‘dinners’ you attended on Epstein Island?”
