{"id":115564,"date":"2026-02-26T23:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:24:03","slug":"bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates Apologizes for Epstein Ties and Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has publicly apologized for his past association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/p>\n<p>During a town hall meeting with staff at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday, Gates described it as a \u201chuge mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, Gates told employees he regretted spending time with Epstein and bringing foundation executives into meetings with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a huge mistake to spend time with Epstein,\u201d Gates said, adding: \u201cI apologize to other people who are drawn into this because of the mistake that I made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the his relationship with Epstein began after Epstein had been convicted of soliciting a minor.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that he and Epstein flew together in private jets and hung out in New York, Germany, France, and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In the town hall, Gates insisted: \u201cI did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,\u201d and emphasized he \u201cnever spent any time with victims, the women around him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates also addressed personal matters, acknowledging two extramarital affairs with Russian women\u2014one described in reports as a bridge player and another as a nuclear physicist\u2014that Epstein later became aware of.1<\/p>\n<p>He stressed these relationships were separate from Epstein\u2019s circle and did not involve any of Epstein\u2019s victims or criminal conduct.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gates, he met these women through his own social and business networks.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that the photos of him with women were requested by Epstein who asked him to take photos with his assistant.<\/p>\n<p>The Gates Foundation issued a statement confirming that Gates \u201ctook responsibility for his actions\u201d during the candid discussion, where he fielded questions in detail.<\/p>\n<p>A foundation spokesperson noted the meeting addressed the impact of the Epstein-related publicity on the organization\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has publicly apologized for his past association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein During a town hall meeting with staff at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday, Gates described it as a \u201chuge mistake.\u201d According to reports from The Wall Street [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":115563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-115564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bill Gates Apologizes for Epstein Ties and Affairs - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has publicly apologized for his past association with the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill Gates Apologizes for Epstein Ties and Affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has publicly apologized for his past association with the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T21:17:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T23:24:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/sm_1772148237.339972.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"392\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bill Gates Apologizes for Epstein Ties and Affairs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T21:17:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T23:24:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/sm_1772148237.339972.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bill-gates-apologizes-for-epstein-ties-and-affairs\",\"name\":\"Bill Gates Apologizes for Epstein Ties and Affairs - 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