I suppose it is too much to just post the photo instead of click bait.

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was pictured posing with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers — part of the well-connected sex offender’s use of photos to manipulate the women he abused and control the narrative around his nefarious behavior, according to a new report.

The photo — believed to be among the first showing Gates with an alleged Epstein victim — was allegedly taken by the shady financier himself at Gates’ Seattle office in March 2014, years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The Wall Street Journal says a picture of Bill Gates in 2014 alongside one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers recalls Epstein’s tactic of using photographed brushes with celebrities to manipulate girls working for him.

The photo was allegedly taken by Gates himself at his Seattle office in March 2014, six years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution, WSJ reported - paywall... https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-sexual-abuse-women-vip-connections-f5451078

In the image, published by WSJ Sunday, Gates is seen smiling and fiddling with the zipper of his sweater as a Polish model, then in her 20s, stands at his side in a gray jacket and blue scarf with her chest almost pressed up against him.

The woman, whose face was obscured in the published photo, told WSJ she met Epstein months before the photo and that he claimed he could help her career with his powerful connections.

The Polish model was also pictured beside director Woody Allen at Epstein’s townhouse and with former CBS News journalist Charlie Rose, among others.