Microsoft founder Bill Gates revealed during an interview with CNN that he considers his relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein a “mistake.”
“I had several dinners with him hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts he had might emerge,” Gates told Anderson Cooper. “When it looked like that wasn’t a real thing that relationship ended.”
“It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him credibility. I made a mistake,” Gates said.
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Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager, was alleged by federal prosecutors to have operated an underage sex trafficking ring and was a convicted sex offender. He was found dead in a New York jail cell in August of 2019, about a month after his criminal indictment for sex trafficking was unsealed.
His death was ruled a suicide by New York’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Gates’s relationship was reported to have driven a wedge between him and his now ex-wife Melinda French Gates, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Gates demurred on the topic when speaking with CNN.
"It's a time of reflection, and at this point, I need to go forward," Gates said. "Within the family, we'll heal the best that we can."
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