Melinda French Gates on Bill Gates in Epstein files: 'Painful times in my marriage'
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She said her ex-husband and others named in the Epstein files needed to answer whatever questions remain.

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”.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    No sympathy for her, because she pretended not to know anything until someone else told everyone.

    If she had blew the whistle as soon as she found out it woupd be one thing.

    But she covered for child rapists until everyone else found out, and now is legit trying to pass it off as “crazy, right?”

    If she knew and kept her mouth shut for whatever reason, then she’s an accessory at least after the fact

    Fuck all these billionaires who think the rules don’t apply to them and their friends.

        • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 hours ago

          She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company’s co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.

          Love at first sight.

          In 1987, Gates had a net worth of $1.25 billion.

          Presumably $1.25 billy in 1987 dollars.

          C’mon. She didn’t marry him for his famously abrasive personality.