“I didn’t do anything illegal, I didn’t see anything illegal.” Microsoft co-founder spoke at an internal meeting of the Gates Foundation Bill Gates (70) openly about his contacts Jeffrey Epstein. Accordingly, he apologized to those present for his Connection to the convicted sex offender.
According to a recording that… Wall Street Journal exists, he also admitted, during his marriage Melinda Gates (61) to have had two affairs with Russian women.
“I had affairs, one with a Russian bridge player whom I met at bridge events and one with a Russian nuclear physicist whom I met through business activities,” the 70-year-old told his employees, according to the report. Gates’ advisor at the time, Boris Nikolic, knew about the affairs and eventually told Epstein about them, who used knowledge of the affairs to put pressure on the Microsoft founder.
Gates did not go into detail about exactly when the affairs began and ended.
“I never stayed there”
Gates met with the sex offender until 2014. He also flew with him in his private jet. However, he did not take part in any criminal activities, it quotes Wall Street Journal the entrepreneur. “I never stayed there,” Gates clarifies, according to the newspaper, “and I never visited Epstein’s island.”
The multimillionaire who died in custody in 2019 Epstein had run an abuse ring for years with a number of victims that are still not fully known, but obviously very large. At the same time, he maintained close contacts with the highest circles in politics, business, science and the nobility.