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".

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[–] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I believe that she divorced him after the Epstein thing first blew up and it was because of that.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    she probably knew or at least highly suspected he was involved. his "charity initiative" always seemed disengenious.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I mean he's pretty heavily involved in charitable giving. It doesn't seem surprising to me he would try to get some charity money out of Epstein. Maybe ill-advised because Epstein doesn't seem like he was a charitable type..

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