"I know you and Bill share my views on the sanctity of friendship. If you can help push this out three years that should be enough. Three years had now passed, Epstein wrote. He had paid for school, helped organize visa, and Antonova had to stop bridge tournaments, living day to day on a friends couch with no air con."
"Between 2013 and at least 2018, Epstein helped organize Antonova's visa, wired her cash, housed her repeatedly in various apartments he kept in Manhattan, and paid for her coding education. Later, Epstein referred to those payments and pressured the billionaire founder of Microsoft to reimburse him, the emails show."
Between 2013 and 2018, Jeffrey Epstein provided extensive financial support to Mila Antonova, a Russian bridge player who had a relationship with Bill Gates around 2010. Epstein housed Antonova in Manhattan apartments, paid for her coding education, and organized her visa. He then pressured Gates through emails to his chief of staff Larry Cohen, invoking the sanctity of friendship and referencing alleged statements from Gates about supporting Antonova for three years after their relationship ended. Epstein's actions represented part of a broader effort to gain access to Gates' inner circle and benefit from his contacts and influence.
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