The latest round of the Epstein files humiliated Melinda Gates.
She finally broke her silence about the latest scandal.
And Bill Gates was sweating bullets when his ex-wife dropped this Epstein bombshell.
Melinda Gates throws her ex-husband under the bus on national radio
Melinda Gates appeared on NPR's Wild Card podcast and made it crystal clear she's done covering for Bill Gates.
The Justice Department dumped 3 million pages of Epstein files with disturbing emails about the Microsoft billionaire.
Epstein claimed in a 2013 email that Gates contracted an STD from "sex with Russian girls" and wanted antibiotics to secretly give Melinda.
Gates' spokesman called it "absolutely absurd and completely false."
But Melinda wasn't buying it.
"Whatever questions remain there of what, I don't [and] can't even begin to know all of it, those questions are for those people and even my ex-husband," she stated.
"They need to answer those questions, not me."
Then she twisted the knife deeper.
"And I am so happy to be away from all the muck," Melinda added.
NPR host Rachel Martin pressed her on allegations that Gates had multiple affairs and tried to medicate her without consent.
"Sad, just unbelievable sadness," Melinda responded.
That's the sound of a woman who knows her ex-husband is hiding something.
The timeline that proves Melinda knew about Epstein for years
Melinda Gates met with divorce lawyers in 2019 when the New York Times first exposed Bill's extensive meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.
But here's what most people don't know.
A former Gates Foundation employee told the Wall Street Journal Melinda's concerns dated back to 2013.
The couple met Epstein together in 2013 and Melinda told Bill she was uncomfortable with him.
Bill kept meeting with him anyway.
The Times reported Bill met with Epstein at least three times at his Manhattan townhouse with at least one meeting lasting late into the night.
All of this happened after Epstein served time for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
Gates claimed he met with him to discuss philanthropy and raising funds for global health.
That's the same excuse every wealthy man caught with Epstein uses.
Melinda confirmed why she left.
"I had to leave my marriage," she said on NPR. "I wanted to leave my marriage. I felt I needed to eventually leave the foundation."
She resigned from the Gates Foundation in 2024 after serving as co-chair since 2000.
Melinda walked away than stay associated with whatever Bill was hiding.
Melinda Gates connects Epstein's victims to her own painful marriage
Melinda told NPR the Epstein files brought back memories she tried to forget.
"It's beyond heartbreaking," she said about Epstein's victims.
"I remember being those ages those girls were."
"I remember my daughters being those ages."
She connected the dots between those young victims and her own experience.
"It's personally hard whenever those details come up because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage," Melinda stated.
That's a woman who understands what happened to Epstein's victims while her husband stayed friends with their abuser.
Melinda said she "purposely pushed it away and moved on" after leaving her marriage and the Gates Foundation.
"I'm in a really unexpected, beautiful place in my life," she added.
She ditched Bill Gates and everything that came with him.
"I hope there's some justice for those women now," Melinda said about Epstein's victims.
Read between the lines.
Melinda threw her husband to the wolves.
Bill Gates' carefully crafted image just came crashing down
The Epstein files ripped the mask off Bill Gates.
For decades Gates presented himself as the world's do-gooder philanthropist.
It was all a cover for scandalous behavior his own ex-wife can't defend anymore.
Gates used his philanthropy to push a globalist agenda under the guise of charity work.
The Gates Foundation became his vehicle for controlling global health policy while maintaining friendships with convicted sex traffickers.
Behind the carefully crafted public image was something far darker.
Gates positioned himself as the world's moral authority on vaccines, climate change, and global development.
All while meeting repeatedly with Epstein late into the night.
The newly released documents prove Epstein remained deeply connected to Gates years after his 2008 conviction.
His emails claimed Gates was having affairs and seeking drugs to cover up STDs from "Russian girls."
Gates' spokesman denied it all.
But his own ex-wife isn't backing him up.
The Justice Department gave Epstein a sweetheart deal in 2008 allowing just 15 months in county jail with work release despite prosecutors identifying 30 victims.
That deal happened because Epstein had dirt on men like Gates.
The Gates Foundation controls $86 billion and shapes global health policy.
Now everyone knows what kind of man was behind that power.
Sources:
- Emma Richter, "Melinda Gates throws ex-husband Bill to the wolves over Epstein: 'You've got some explaining to do'," Daily Mail, February 3, 2026.
- "Melinda French Gates says Bill Gates 'has to answer' for being in the Epstein files," NBC News, February 3, 2026.
- "Bill Gates, Elon Musk among big names in Epstein files. Here's what the latest documents show," CBS News, February 3, 2026.
- "Melinda Gates met divorce lawyers when Epstein ties revealed: WSJ," Al Jazeera, May 10, 2021.
- "Bill and Melinda Gates have been working on their divorce since the Jeffrey Epstein allegations, WSJ reports," CNN Business, May 10, 2021.
- "Emails reveal Epstein's network of the rich and powerful despite sex offender status," PBS News, November 14, 2025.
