Bill Gates addressed the allegations made successful the latest batch of Epstein files.
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For context, Epstein wrote and addressed an email draught to himself successful 2013. In it, the enactment offender wrote that Bill had gotten an STI from "Russian girls" and was trying to get antibiotics from Epstein, which helium could past springiness to Melinda without her knowledge. A spokesperson for Bill rapidly called the allegations from a "proven, disgruntled liar...absolutely absurd and wholly false." Bill himself has antecedently said helium only met with Epstein successful the discourse of seeking enactment for his instauration and called it a "mistake."
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Gates' ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, was asked astir mentions of him successful the files, to which she said, "For me, it's personally hard whenever those details travel up. Brings backmost memories of immoderate very, precise achy times successful my marriage. But I person moved connected from that. I purposely pushed it away, and I moved on."
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In a caller interrogation with 9 News Australia, Gates was asked astir what his narration with Epstein was like. He replied, "I met Jeffrey successful 2011. Over a play of 3 years, I had a fig of dinners with him. The absorption was always— helium knew a batch of precise affluent people, and helium was saying helium could get them to springiness wealth to planetary health."

"In retrospect, that was a dormant end. I've said galore times, but I'll accidental again, I was foolish to walk clip with him. I was 1 of the radical who regret ever knowing him," helium continued.

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When asked astir the allegations specifically, Gates said, "Apparently, Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was ne'er sent. The email is false. I don’t cognize what his reasoning was there. Was helium trying to onslaught maine successful immoderate way? It conscionable reminds me, each infinitesimal I spent with him, I regret. I apologize that I did that."

As for wherefore Epstein would prevarication astir specified a happening successful the archetypal place, Gates replied, "It's factually existent that I was lone astatine dinners. I ne'er went to the island. I ne'er met immoderate women. The much that comes out, the much wide it volition beryllium that, though the clip was a mistake, it had thing to bash with that benignant of behavior."

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Gates further said that it was "not really" frustrating to beryllium brought up successful specified a way, adding, "People should clasp radical who are palmy to a truly precocious bar."

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