Bill Gates Finally, he addresses his friend's friendship with the convicted sexual crimes Jeffrey Epstein.
“In the past, I was a fool to spend any time with him. Gates, 69, said,” Wall Street Journal In a large -scale interview published on Friday, January 24. “So yes, I think I was very stupid. I thought it would help me in global charitable work. In fact, I failed to do it was just a big mistake.”
Gates went on to say that the disputes surrounding two past two before his arrest in 2019 and the subsequent death in August of the same year made him more cautious in interviewing new people now. “Certainly,” he said Wall Street Journal. “I mean, are you joking?”
In 2022, the former wife of Gates French Melinda gates He cited his alleged relationship With Epstein as one of the factors that led to her divorce. “It is not one thing, it was many things. But I didn't like it that he had held meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.” Morning CBS at that time. “I made it clear to him.”
I also told the French gates Jail King I met Epstein “exactly once” so you can understand what it was. She added, “I am able to do so from the second, I went up to the door.” It was hateful. He was evil. I had nightmares on this topic after that. … it was terrible, and it was terrible. “
authorities The investigation started The allegations of sexual assault against Epstein in 2005. After three years, he was convicted of employing a girl below the legal age for prostitution and seams. He spent 13 months in prison before his arrest again in July 2019 for sex trafficking that includes minors. He died in suicide while he was imprisoned at the age of 66 months after his arrest.
His friendship with Epstein is not the only relationship to reconsider it. In an interview with Times of London It was published on Saturday, January 25, Jabaz described his divorce from the French gates as “the mistake that has regretted it more than others.”
He added that he tried to imitate his parents' marriage, with him. “I encouraged Melinda to be quieter than my mother, but we were completely driven. I spent more time with children than my father, but the ratio was still 10: 1, as Melinda made most things for children. We spent a great time.”
Gates also said he believed that there is “a certain wonder to spend your entire lifetime with one person.” He added: “When I met Melinda, I was somewhat successful but I was not ridiculously successful – it came during the time when we were together. Therefore, I saw me a lot. When the divorce took place, it was difficult, then I made a decision to leave the foundation – I felt With disappointment because she made the option to go out. “
Regardless of divorce, he also said that he suffered from other failures – “but nothing matters.”
