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”.
So she is very much suggesting here that he did go to pedo island and that he did have sex there…
Not that it surprises me, but… I’ve hated Microsoft since it’s founding, it’s been one evil fucking company, but Bill Gates going down as a pedophile isn’t on my 2026 bingo card.
Edit: Do we have any more sources on this? I somehow find it hard to believe
Or she was just talking in general terms that he has some … issues.
I would hate to find out that she knew he was a pedo.
Yes, but he donated a fraction of his fortune to a set of charities chosen to maximize their PR value! That totally absolves him!
Holy shit some of these comments are fucking gross and victim-blamey in here. Why the fuck is Melinda the target here any differently than the victims themselves who didn’t speak up until later?
I think we all know why none did, just as none of you would in all reality: fear, and who would actually listen without proof?
See the #MeToo movement, how that backfired for so many women, let alone trying to take down one of the richest people of all time. Also for those who paid attention, Melinda had long heavily hinted at this shit.
I think most people’s issue is that all she’s ever done is hint, and now that there is less reason than ever to hint, that’s all she continues to do.
This case needs someone to step up, corroborate the documents, and speak out so some of these things can be unredacted. She, as a billionaire, is best equipped, but chose to keep hinting on a podcast tour instead, and in the current climate, that makes people suspicious.
That’s a bad argument, lots of people end up dead
Didn’t that end up with that movie guy jailed for near life?
It’s why nothing will ever change. People don’t care more than getting some potshots. It’s why the population is so easy to distract.
And yet…she still uses Gates in her name.
Still victim blaming. How do you decide what someone else chooses to be called? 27 years is a long time, and there are a lot of good reasons to hold onto a name even after the person you shared it with turns out to be bad for you. Does everyone who estranges from their father need to change their last name if that’s who they got it from?
I mean, I wouldn’t wanna be called ms pedo
Yes, there are good reasons here, namely political and power influence.
Funny how this is the victim, not the children on the Island .
I never said there was only one victim, friend. Many people may be hurt by a single action, of course to varying degrees.
Oh look, another rich asshole who knew what was happening but didn’t tell us.
Fuck these people and fuck their families. We should be taking their wealth by force.
Can’t be a philanthropist and a billionaire at the same time, fucking media know this
If there’s one way to do that, it’s by marrying into it and then divorcing…
All I’m hearing is “she fucking knew what was going on and didn’t say shit”. IANAL, but does that equal an accessory or obstruction charge or what?
Dude gave her an std and she still won’t tell the world everything she knows?! The fuck.
