Melinda Gates ‘cautioned Bill about Jeffrey Epstein after she met the pedophile at his Manhattan mansion in 2013’ and told him she ‘wanted nothing more to do with him’
- Melinda Gates reportedly joined Bill at Epstein’s home in September 2013
- Gates and Epstein became acquaintances in 2011 when Epstein pitched a fund to the Gates Foundation and JP Morgan
- At the time, Epstein had already been convicted of soliciting child prostitution
- Gates sent an email to colleagues after their first meeting where he said ‘his lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing although it would not work for me’
- In 2013, he took Melinda to Epstein’s infamous Upper East Side townhouse
- It’s unclear what the context of the meeting was or if anyone else was there
- She was so uncomfortable she warned Bill against further contact with him
- Gates cut off contact with Epstein and later said he ‘wishes they never met’
- In emails in 2014, Epstein complained that Gates was no longer speaking to him
- Bill and Melinda Gates announced on Monday that they will be divorced
By KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Melinda Gates warned her husband Bill against any further contact with Jeffrey Epstein after the couple had an uncomfortable meeting with the convicted sex offender in 2013.
Melinda was ‘furious’ at Bill’s relationship with Epstein after the couple visited the predator’s Upper East Side townhouse in September 2013, people familiar with the matter told the Daily Beast.
The meeting proved a turning point in Bill’s relationship with Epstein, after Melinda expressed how uncomfortable she was with the sex offender and said she wanted nothing to do with him, the sources said.
Gates and Epstein became friendly in 2011 when Epstein pitched a fund to the Gates Foundation and JP Morgan. Gates is not thought to have invested with it and he has said in the past that he never had a business relationship with Epstein, but the pair met several more times.
When they met, Epstein had already spent a year in prison for soliciting child prostitution, but he was welcomed back into the upper echelons of New York society.
After their first meeting, Gates sent an email to colleagues saying of Epstein: ‘His lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing although it would not work for me.’
The meeting with Melinda was two years after the pair first became friends.
It comes after Bill and Melinda announced their intention to divorce this week, offering no other explanation for the split aside from saying ‘we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.’
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