Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has said her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, being named in new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dredged up “painful times in my marriage”.
She told an NPR podcast she feels “unbelievable sadness” about the Epstein allegations and that the people named in the records, including her former husband, need to answer to it.
“I am so happy to be away from all the muck,” she said. The couple divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage.
Records released by the US justice department include an allegation by Epstein that Bill Gates caught a sexually transmitted disease. He has called the claim “absolutely absurd”.



I remember several years ago some incredibly cringey puff piece video came out about Gates. He must have financed it, in fact. It was aimed at ‘humanizing’ him, and painting him as a genius polymath philanthropist. My family was mad at me for calling out the blatant bullshit. I’m glad everyone is finally getting to see that there are no good billionaires.
Maybe there are, definitely not those who seek attention (msft tsla amzn etc)
I don’t think it’s possible.
I think it is possible but just not probable.
I’d like to believe that at least.
I don’t think it’s worth the risk.