Bill Gates Names Three Women He Had Affairs With In Epstein Testimony About Blackmail Fears

Bill Gates has named 3 women he had affairs with, claiming Jeffrey Epstein wanted to blackmail him complete nan infidelities.

The Microsoft co-founder told nan House Oversight Committee nan pedophile had ne'er succeeded successful extorting him but that “it looks for illustration Mr Epstein’s brainstorming was going successful that direction.”

In a newly-published transcript of Gates’ grounds to nan sheet connected June 10, nan tech billionaire admitted to affairs pinch 2 Russian women - span subordinate Mila Antonova and atomic physicist Karima Nigmatulina - and pinch aesculapian entrepreneur Dr Alice Jacobs Nesselrodt.

He denied ever witnessing aliases participating successful immoderate intersexual misconduct successful Epstein’s institution but acknowledged that he whitethorn person unwittingly recovered himself “in nan beingness of victims” aft being introduced to him successful 2011 by his erstwhile worker Dr Boris Nikolic, a communal friend.

Gates has not been accused of wrongdoing successful narration to nan disgraced financier, who died by termination successful a New York City jailhouse compartment successful August 2019.

He appeared successful nan Epstein files released by nan Department of Justice successful December and January, prompting questions astir their past interactions. Being mentioned successful nan files does not connote wrongdoing.

During his testimony, Gates said he believed Nikolic whitethorn person told Epstein astir 2 of nan affairs, prompting nan second to measurement up nan anticipation of utilizing nan accusation arsenic leverage against him.

Addressing unsent draught emails written by nan pedophile financier successful 2013 that incorporate lurid allegations, Gates said: “I deliberation that Epstein, erstwhile he was penning emails to himself, took each imaginable antagonistic point he knew, and immoderate that are wholly false, and he put those into draught emails to himself.

“And truthful I deliberation if successful immoderate weird measurement he discovered thing antagonistic to opportunity astir me, we would person seen that successful nan emails that he sent to himself.”

The draught emails, nan contented of which Gates said was false, show Epstein claiming to person facilitated intersexual encounters and to person provided him pinch medicine to provender to his then-wife Melinda Gates without her knowledge, to dainty a sexually-transmitted illness he believed he had contracted.

Gates said it was “possible” he whitethorn person confided a fearfulness to Nikolic that he had caught an STD but clarified to nan committee: “I ne'er had an STD...

“I’ve said I whitethorn person indicated immoderate interest astir whether I had an STD; I don’t callback that. But I ne'er had an STD. I ne'er gave medicines to anyone covertly.”

Gates explained that, successful total, he had met Epstein “like 12 to 14 times, positive 2 Skype calls successful full complete nan four-year period.”

When challenged connected his determination to subordinate pinch him contempt being alert of his past criminal condemnation for soliciting a insignificant for adultery successful Florida, he testified: “I person regret that I didn’t facet that successful to a greater degree.”

The Independent has reached retired to Gates for further comment.

Following nan DOJ’s merchandise of nan Epstein files, Gates apologized to Gates Foundation staff astatine nan organization’s biannual municipality hallway successful February, astatine which he again stressed that he had done thing incorrect but regretted his past association.

“I did thing illicit. I saw thing illicit,” he told those successful attendance. “To beryllium clear, I ne'er spent immoderate clip pinch victims, nan women astir him…

“It was a immense correction to walk clip pinch Epstein. I apologize to different group who are drawn into this because of nan correction that I made.”

A Gates Foundation spokesperson told The Independent astatine nan time: “Bill answered questions submitted by instauration unit connected a scope of issues, including nan merchandise of nan Epstein files... Bill said candidly, addressing respective questions successful detail, and took work for his actions.”

The Oversight Committee besides released grounds Tuesday from its caller behind-closed-doors proceeding pinch Epstein’s erstwhile executive adjunct Lesley Groff, who said she booked appointments for him “almost daily” but denied ever scheduling them pinch group she believed were underage.

The committee investigating Epstein has already heard from a number of different high-profile group including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and erstwhile lawyer wide Pam Bondi.

Bondi’s acting successor Todd Blanche could beryllium adjacent successful statement for a closed-door session, pinch lawyer Alan Dershowitz besides expected to springiness testimony.