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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 40 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

In one email, dated July 2013 and written by Epstein about Gates, the late pedophile alleges the billionaire sought to conceal from his wife Melinda French Gates a sexually transmitted disease he contracted after having sex with “Russian girls.”

The email claims Gates sought antibiotics to secretly give her. It is not clear whether the email was sent to Gates, but he denied the allegation as “completely false” via a spokesperson in late January.

In his call on Tuesday, however, Gates confirmed he had extramarital relationships during his 27-year marriage with two Russian women.

“I did have affairs, one with a Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events, and one with a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities,” he said.

During the call, Gates acknowledged flying on a private plane with Epstein and spending time with him in the U.S. and abroad — but insisted that he had not witnessed or participated in illegal activity.

“I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,” Gates reportedly told staff. “To be clear, I never spent any time with the victims, the women around him.”

Gates said he first met Epstein in 2011, after the financier’s Florida conviction for procuring a child for prostitution, and continued to socialize with him despite concerns raised by his then-wife.

A physicist and a Bridge player...

Sure, we believe that Bill, we just need you to answer a few more questions. Maybe some pointed questions about this and a few other subjects. Maybe even edged questions if you will.

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

The bridge that was played :

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

"despite concerns raised by his then-wife" so he knew and still hung out with him.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

And he at minimum thought Epstein was a good person to ask about illicit sex-related problems. So it wasn't just "Melinda thinks this guy has a bad vibe", it means he would absolutely have known about the conviction for pedophilia. And he was close enough to Epstein that he felt comfortable revealing a potentially damaging secret and reveal he intended to commit a crime against his wife.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Under oath. In front of everyone.