00:01Once the richest man in the world, Bill Gates has admitted poor judgement.
00:05At a town hall meeting, the billionaire apologised to his foundation staff over his ties to disgraced
00:11paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
00:14The billionaire also admitted to two affairs with two women, a Russian bridge player and
00:19a Russian nuclear physicist.
00:21Gates though insisted that he did nothing illicit and did not see any illicit activities.
00:27This apology follows the release of a batch of Epstein files which featured Bill Gates
00:32a number of times, including an email exchange where Epstein claimed Gates had caught a sexually
00:37transmitted infection after sleeping with Russian girls.
00:41The Microsoft founder also featured in a couple of photos with anonymous women, who Gates has
00:46said were only Epstein's assistants.
00:49This apology comes a little over a week after Bill Gates had had to cancel his participation
00:53at an AI summit in India.
00:56After careful consideration and to ensure the focus remains on the AI summit's key priorities,
01:02Mr Gates will not be delivering his keynote address.
01:04The Gates Foundation remains fully committed to our work in India to advance our shared health
01:09and development goals.
01:12The billionaire said he first started meeting with Epstein in 2011.
01:16Years after, Epstein had pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008.
01:23Gates told staff he had not checked Epstein's background properly before bringing Gates Foundation's
01:28executives into meetings with him.
01:30In the town hall, Gates said that 2014 was the last time he had met with Epstein.
01:35He said that spending time with him had been a huge mistake.
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