evidence: 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. Speaking to the Journal, sources familiar with the matter said that after Epstein found out about the Microsoft co-founder’s affair with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova, he threatened Mr Gates into reimbursing him for tuition costs that Epstein had initially covered for Ms Antonova to attend software coding school. Epstein’s threat to Mr Gates came in the form of an email he sent in 2017 after he failed to convince Mr Gates to join a multibillion-dollar charity fund he attempted to set up, according to the sources.