A shocking new photo published by The Wall Street Journal appears to show Microsoft founder Bill Gates standing alongside a Polish model, in her 20s, who says that she was one of financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged victims.
Gates and Epstein’s friendship has been well documented with the billionaire saying he regretted their relationship. The new photo was taken in 2014, six years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to procuring a child for prostitution.
During an interview with CNN this year, host Sarah Ferguson asked Gates whether he was warned by his former wife about Epstein’s ‘way of sexually compromising people.’
In an interview with WSJ, the Polish model says that she flew alongside Epstein to meet with Gates in his Microsoft office in Seattle in 2014. She was one of the many women who became ensnared by the pedophile with promises of a career and success. The picture was taken by Epstein himself, she alleges.
‘Now when I look at myself there, it couldn’t have looked normal. I saw the looks of those people, like what is she doing here?,’ she told the outlet. The woman also posed for a photo with disgraced Oscar-winner Woody Allen.
A spokesperson for Gates told the Journal that he did not interact with the model when she visited his offices. According to her, Epstein had promised her a job with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Gates’ representatives for comment on this story.
The report adds that shortly after meeting, Epstein’s accountant, Richard Kahn, wrote a letter in support of her visa application. The application said that the woman would be doing work for the foundation in Africa.
An itinerary for a trip to Africa on behalf of the foundation was also emailed to the woman via Epstein from Gates Foundation deputy director Melanie Walker. Walker too was a visitor to the pedophile’s home in Manhattan.
Another woman who was associated with Epstein, a Russian Model, allegedly showed a Wall Street Journal reporter three pictures of her with Gates in three different places, including a hotel and Epstein’s house.
She also said that the photos were often Epstein’s idea and that he told her to post them on social media.