Paris apartment: visits and records

Testimony and correspondence describe meetings at 22 avenue Foch; French authorities also searched the property.

2013: Bill Gates’ meeting

Gates testified that he spent an afternoon at Epstein’s Paris apartment in 2013 discussing possible philanthropic fundraising. He recalled staff being present and thought Boris Nikolic was there. He described one Paris meeting.

March 20, 2019: proposed meeting

Emails reported by Reuters on February 5, 2026 arranged a Paris meeting with Ariane de Rothschild for March 20, 2019. Reuters could not confirm attendance. Her bank said she knew Epstein as a business acquaintance and had no knowledge of his crimes.

September 2019: apartment and agency searches

Reuters reported that police searched the Paris apartment on September 23, 2019, after searching Karin Models on September 17. Jean-Luc Brunel co-founded the modeling agency.

February 2026: renewed French investigations

French prosecutors announced inquiries into human trafficking and financial offenses following the release of U.S. records. Reuters reported that five prosecutors would examine material for potential involvement of French nationals.

Sources and open questions

Testimony, correspondence and investigative records describe Epstein’s Manhattan residence and the people connected to it.

Epstein’s apartment at 22 avenue Foch was a location of meetings and a French police search.

Related Reports

Sources

  1. House Oversight — Bill Gates interview, June 10, 2026 — Printed pp. 50–54, 113, 125–126
  2. Reuters — Ariane de Rothschild correspondence, February 5, 2026
  3. Reuters — Paris property and modeling-agency searches, September 24, 2019
  4. Reuters — French investigations, February 18, 2026
  5. French address directory — 22 avenue Foch, Paris 16e — Lambert-93 address coordinates 647905.1, 6863988.3 converted to WGS84

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