BILL Gates has revealed the names of two Russian women he had affairs with during his grilling by Congress over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The tech tycoon told the House Oversight Committee he had affairs with , a nuclear physicist.
Bill Gates has been grilled by congress over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein Credit: AFP
Gates admitted to having an affair with Russian bridge player MIlla Mila Antonova Credit: Pixel8000
Gates, 70, testified that Epstein found out about his infidelity and attempted to blackmail him, according to
“He never blackmailed me, but looking at these emails, it raises a serious probability that he contemplated blackmailing me,” Gates said.
Epstein’s efforts to gain leverage over the Microsoft co-founder were revealed in the files released by the Department of Justice in January.
One email drafted by the convicted sex offender, apparently on behalf of one of Gates’ employee Boris Nikolic, references his “illicit trysts”.
The email stated: “I feel it would be dishonest to myself and my future from helping Bill to get drugs in order to deal with consequences of to facilitating his illicit trysts with married women, to being asked to provide Adderall for bridge tournaments.”
Gates described the email as an “attempt at blackmail” to leverage a better negotiating point for Boris who was leaving the company.
Boris discovered his employer’s affairs after Gates asked to use him as an alibi while he met one of the Russian women, he said.
Other emails in the files showed a memo Epstein wrote to himself in 2013 lashing out at Gates for trying to end their relationship.
Pictures of Gates posing with women whose faces have been redacted were featured in the files Credit: Reuters
Gates with a woman, who’s identity has been redacted, in an image from the files Credit: Reuters
The disgraced financier said from having “sex with Russian girls,” and claimed to have been asked to arrange antibiotics for Gates to secretly give his
During the closed-door interview, Gates repeatedly denied claims he caught an STD during an affair.
But he admitted to having fears at one point that he may have caught an infection.
“I never had an STD… I’ve said I may have indicated some concern about whether I had an STD; I don’t recall that”, he said.
The tech boss has admitted to having affairs while married to his now ex-wife Melinda, who filed for divorce in 2021 following a 27-year marriage.
Gates first met Epstein in 2011 after the sex trafficker’s prison term and socialised several times with him in the following years.
Despite knowing about his previous convictions, Gates said he decided it was still worth forming a relationship with Epstein to secure donations for his charities.
The pair stayed in contact for a “four-year period”, where they allegedly discussed expanding the Microsoft head’s global philanthropic efforts.
Gates told the House Oversight Committee he was not aware of Epstein’s criminal conduct Credit: AFP
Gates arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee Credit: Getty
Several pictures of Gates posing with women whose faces have been redacted were featured in the files.
Gates denied all knowledge of the deceased paedophile’s criminal conduct.
But he agreed he “may have been in the presence of victims” while meeting with Epstein.
The tech giant insisted that he severed ties with the sex offender in 2014 after his promises to lure lucrative donors “led to nothing”.
After cutting ties, Gates recalled Epstein asking for “reimbursement” for expenses Epstein had paid for related to a woman he had an affair with.
“I communicated to my key person, top person at Gates Ventures, Larry Cohen, that we were never going to pay anything,” Gates testified.
It comes after Gates issued a .
“Every minute I spent with him, I regret, and I apologise that I did that”, he said.
Boris previously said he “deeply” regrets “associating with” Epstein and has called him “a master manipulator”.
“I now know his crimes were despicable and my heart goes out to the victims,” he told the Wall Street Journal.
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