{"id":760763,"date":"2026-02-13T01:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/760763\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T01:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:59:14","slug":"epstein-of-the-west-socialite-allegedly-pimped-out-girlfriend-to-silicon-valley-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/760763\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Epstein of the West’ socialite allegedly pimped out girlfriend to Silicon Valley elite"},"content":{"rendered":"

A San Francisco<\/a> socialite who ran in elite tech circles is accused of pimping out his girlfriend to Silicon Valley executives as part of a sordid sexual scheme to raise cash.<\/p>\n

Emilia London met Michael Gerold when she was 26 and he was 53, quickly falling in love with the high-flying power player, she told the San Francisco Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emilia London met Michael Gerold when she was 26 and he was 53 Facebook\/Emilia London<\/p>\n

Gerold, who frequented exclusive San Francisco clubs and said he made his fortune in real estate, wooed London by taking her to ritzy dinners and private clubs \u2014 while also arranging for them to have group sex, she explained.<\/p>\n

After London moved into his high-rise apartment, she was stunned when Gerold told her he was broke due to a messy divorce.<\/p>\n

Gerold wooed London with fancy dinners and invites to private clubs \u2014 while also arranging for them to have group sex, she said. Facebook\/Emilia London<\/p>\n

Claiming he needed money, Gerold set up a profile for London on a \u201csugar dating\u201d website and began selling her for sex, she told the Standard.<\/p>\n

He would allegedly schedule \u201cpersonal training\u201d sessions for her lasting 60 to 90 minutes, during which she would sleep with bankers, venture capitalists and a tech CEO. London estimated she had sex for money about 60 times over a year and a half \u2014 with Gerold raking in more than $100,000.<\/p>\n

London has given a detailed account of her experience in family court while pursuing of a domestic violence restraining order against Gerold, according to the Standard.<\/p>\n

Gerold allegedly created a profile for London on a \u201csugar dating\u201d website and began selling her for sex, she said. Facebook\/Emilia London<\/p>\n

After she spoke out, more women came forward to lodge accusations against Gerold \u2014 with a police report last year including 10 alleged victims of rape or drugging.<\/p>\n

Back in 1999, he was charged in military court with the rape and indecent assault of a West Point graduate before the charges were dismissed. <\/p>\n

A ex-fiancee claimed he asked her to work as a stripper and believed almost everything in their relationship revolved around sex.<\/p>\n

His first wife told the Standard that Gerold didn\u2019t work and spent on her dime, and that he would \u201cforget\u201d his credit card when they went on trips togehter.<\/p>\n

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His second wife Lisa accused him of coercing her into liquidating her retirement account and promising repayment that never came.<\/p>\n

Gerold also claimed that he was a wounded military veteran, and allegedly wore military honors like the Bronze Star and purple heart without having received the honors, the Standard reported.<\/p>\n

He used his alleged status as a war hero to rake in thousands of dollars in donations from a veterans nonprofit organization but never reported what he did with the funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s like the \u201cEpstein of the West,\u201d said Anthony Alfidi, a former San Francisco Veterans Affairs commissioner who has tried to expose Gerold\u2019s reported wrongdoings in the military community for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

Gerold allegedly concealed his past by paying $20,000 to an online reputation management company that suppresses negative search results.<\/p>\n

He denied much of London\u2019s account, calling her a \u201cpathological liar\u201d and claiming any money she gave him went to cover rent and shared household expenses, the Standard reported.<\/p>\n

He also denied raping the West Point grad, as well as accusations that he drugged any women or asked his ex to work as a stripper.<\/p>\n

Gerold claimed \u201cmultiple women\u201d who spoke to the Standard \u201chave made false accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Francisco socialite who ran in elite tech circles is accused of pimping out his girlfriend to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,557,188,393,4884,2204,257,23526,6737,134759,4806,16,15,727],"class_list":["post-760763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-california","tag-crime","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-london","tag-metro","tag-san-francisco","tag-sexual-misconduct","tag-silicon-valley","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116060852437941808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}