Bill Gates Admits To Affairs With Russian Women, Calls Epstein Connection ‘Huge Mistake’

Bill Gates has once again addressed his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, but this time he also revealed the past extramarital affairs he had during his long-time marriage to Melinda Gates, while speaking directly to his staff.

The billionaire Microsoft founder has repeatedly found himself in the middle of recent headlines regarding Epstein, following the release of the latest batch of files about the late sex trafficker.

Per the Wall Street Journal, during a town hall meeting with the Gates Foundation on Tuesday, February 24, Bill Gates directly addressed his previous ties to Jeffrey Epstein and also admitted he was unfaithful in his marriage with multiple Russian women.

In an effort to clear up the information in the Epstein files that he contracted sexually transmitted infections from Russian sex workers, Gates clarified the details behind the women he was involved with during his marriage to his ex-wife, Melinda Gates.

The tech mogul described the women as a "Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events and one was a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities."

During the meeting, Gates also firmly denied that he was involved in any of Epstein’s criminal behavior, telling his staff, “I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,” according to the outlet. Adding that "he never spent any time with victims, the women around [Epstein]."

Gates continued, stressing that it was a "huge mistake to spend time with Epstein," before apologizing to his staff. "I apologize to other people who are drawn into this because of the mistake that I made," he stated.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Gates also spoke about having hindsight on the prior relationship between himself and the sex trafficker.

“Knowing what I know now makes it, you know, a hundred times worse in terms of not only his crimes in the past, but now it’s clear there was ongoing bad behavior,” he said during the town hall.

“It definitely is the opposite of the values of the Foundation and the goals of the Foundation,” Bill Gates said during the town hall meeting to his staff.

He continued, adding, “And our work is very reputational sensitive. I mean, people can choose to work with us or not work with us.”

The list of notable names included in the January 30 release of the Epstein files includes Donald Trump, Elon Musk, former President Bill Clinton, and billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

Gates spoke out about his previous relationship with Epstein after the latest information was released.

In an exclusive interview with 9 News Australia, he addressed the claims in Epstein’s email that the billionaire contracted sexually transmitted diseases due to sexual encounters with women who were trafficked on Epstein’s infamous island.

"Apparently, Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was never sent," Gates told the outlet. "The email is false. I don't know what his thinking was there. Was he trying to attack me in some way?”

Gates went on to express his “regret” for his relationship with Epstein, calling himself “foolish.”

“Every minute I spent with him, I regret, and I apologize that I did that," Gates said in the interview that was released on February 4.

"The focus was always, he knew a lot of very rich people, and he was saying he could get them to give money to global health. In retrospect, that was a dead end. I was foolish to spend time with him. I was one of many people who regret ever knowing him.”

Gates also stressed that he never went to Epstein’s island and never had any contact with any women there.

“I never went to the island, I never met any women,” he told the outlet. “And so, the more that comes out, the more clear it'll be that, although the time was a mistake, it had nothing to do with that kind of behavior.”

Speaking on NPR’s “Wild Card” podcast, Melinda Gates discussed ex-husband Bill Gates being named in the Epstein files multiple times in the recent drop.

“I think we're having a reckoning as a society, right? No girl, no girl should ever be put in the situation that they were put in by Epstein and whatever was going on with all of the various people around him,” Melinda said. "It's beyond heartbreaking, right? I remember being those ages. Those girls were, I remember my daughters being those ages."

She also revealed that the release of the information in the files brought back “painful” memories, while stating that it’s her ex-husband’s place to answer for his involvement, not hers.

“So for me, it’s personally hard whenever those details come up, right, because [it] brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage,” Melinda said. “But I have moved on from that.”

She continued, adding “whatever questions remain there of what I don’t — can’t even begin to know all of it — those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband. They need to answer to those things, not me.”

“And, I am so happy to be away from all the muck that was there,” she told the outlet.