Caurey Rollins, 26, was out on bond after being charged with child molestation over an incident that involved him allegedly sucking the toes of a child at a trampoline park earlier this year.
The email was sent shortly after the tech giant turned down the convicted sex offender's invitation to join his multibillion-dollar organization, insiders told the newspaper.
The capture of Bakhmut by the Russians came even as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Japan to meet with the G-7 leaders and lobby for more military and financial aid.