Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates addressed his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019 when he hanged himself.

According to a 2023 Wall Street Journal report, Epstein, who died by suicide in prison at the age of 66 in August 2019, allegedly tried to extort the Microsoft tycoon by threatening to expose a purported intimate relationship with a Russian bridge player.

Bill Gates is opening up about his controversial ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. “In retrospect, I was foolish to spend any time with him. And he, sort of, got time with various people by spending time with other people,