Bill Gates spoke about his association with Jeffrey Epstein in a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, a spokesperson for the nonprofit said Wednesday, after recently released emails elaborated on the Microsoft
co-founder’s relationship with the sex offender.
Gates said in a recording of the meeting that he “did nothing illicit” during his interactions with Epstein and did not stay overnight, although they met in several countries, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Gates also told staff members at the Tuesday meeting that he had an affair with a Russian bridge player and a Russian nuclear physicist and that associate Boris Nikolic had discussed those relationships with Epstein, according to the Journal.
He and Melinda French, who once were co-chairs of the foundation, divorced in 2021.
