Bill Gates admits to multiple extramarital affairs! She was only in her 20s when we met

This article is reproduced from the WeChat public account: Chinese Life Network

As the storm continues to ferment, the founder of MicrosoftBill GatesAt an all-hands meeting at the Gates Foundation on Tuesday, he made a rare comment about his relationship with the late financier.Jeffrey Epsteinpublicly apologized.

According to live recordings disclosed by the Wall Street Journal, Gates admitted at the conference that he had had extramarital affairs with two Russian women during his marriage, but emphasized that theyNot a victim of Epstein casenor was it involved in any illegal behavior.

Gates admitted to employees: “I did have extramarital affairs, one was a Russian bridge player I met at a bridge competition, and the other was a Russian nuclear physicist I met through business activities.”

“I did nothing illegal and I didn’t see anything illegal,” he said. “I want to be clear that I never had any contact with his victims or the women around him.”

According to reports, one of the women is bridge player Mila Antonova. Gates met her at a bridge tournament in 2009, and Epstein later helped pay for her programming classes.

According to previous reports, AntonovaHe was in his 20s at the time and Gates was in his 50s, and the two fought against each other during the game. And had sex with her at the same time.

In addition, documents show that Epstein once hinted in emails that he had information about Gates’ extramarital affairs and warned that the women involved “could become famous overnight.” This was interpreted as suspected pressure.

At the internal meeting that day, Gates did not avoid the most sensitive issues, but bluntly said that his dealings with Epstein back then were “a huge mistake.” He said that looking back now, especially after more details of the case came to light, he realized that his original judgment about Epstein’s background was seriously wrong. “Knowing now that he not only had past criminal behavior but continued misconduct at that time makes this whole thing a hundred times worse,” Gates said at the meeting.

According to the information disclosed,Gates began meeting with Epstein in 2011, by which time Epstein had been convicted and served a prison sentence as early as 2008 for luring a minor.

Despite this, Gates continued to contact him many times in the following years, and the discussions between the two parties were said to mainly focus on global health and charity cooperation. Gates admitted that he knew at the time that Epstein had been subject to an 18-month travel restriction, but did not conduct a more in-depth review of his background, which is what he regrets most today.

Even more controversially, Gates had listened to the concerns of his then-wife Melinda in 2013.

Melinda showed obvious distrust and wariness towards Epstein at the time, but Gates continued to maintain contact with him after that, and did not completely cut off contact with him until 2014.

During this period, he flew on Epstein’s private plane and met with him in Germany, France, New York and Washington. Gates emphasized at the meeting that he had never spent the night at Epstein’s residence or traveled to his private island in the Caribbean, but he admitted that the mere encounters themselves were unacceptable in retrospect.

Relevant documents previously released by the U.S. Department of Justice show that Gates continued to meet with Epstein many times after he served his sentence. Some of the documents also include photos of Gates posing with several women, with their faces obscured. In this regard, Gates explained that the photos were taken at Epstein’s request with his assistant after the meeting, and there was no inappropriate behavior. However, as the so-called “Epstein documents” are gradually released, these details are still being re-examined by the outside world.

The Gates Foundation reiterated that it had never paid any money to Epstein, nor had it established an employment or formal partnership with him. The spokesman said that Gates responded candidly to relevant issues in internal meetings and took responsibility for his errors in judgment, and that the foundation would not comment on further details at this time.

In fact, news about Gates’ extramarital affairs is nothing new. As early as 2023, relevant details were exposed by the media. Now the public admission again is more like a response under the pressure of public opinion rather than a voluntary confession.

For a philanthropic leader who has long cultivated an image of rationality and morality, this “late admission” inevitably raises more questions. Are there any details that have not been made public?

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