<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melinda French Gates says her ex-husband, billionaire businessman Bill Gates, has questions to answer for his presence in the newly-released trove of documents related to wealthy sex offender </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="_blank" title="Jeffrey Epstein"><span>Jeffrey Epstein</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is not the first time the computer entrepreneur has been mentioned in connection with disgraced financier Epstein, with their relationship having been well documented.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the newly-released three-million-plus-pages, what appear to be drafted messages in Epstein's email account allege Gates had organised trysts with women via Epstein and that he had contracted a sexually-transmitted infection.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/julian-ingram-alleged-triple-killer-manhunt-continues-lake-cargelligo-not-sighted-in-sydney/f74c2449-8677-4b37-84f7-86b8b4bef99d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Police respond to rumours accused triple killer is in Sydney</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The emails also chronicle what appear to be Epstein's feelings of betrayal over Gates and accuse him of seeking STI antibiotics to secretly give to then-wife Melinda.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Representatives for Bill Gates told the </span><em><span>New York Times</span></em><span> Epstein was a "proven, disgruntled liar" and rejected all the allegations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein's frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame," a spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/bill-gates-epstein-files-melinda-gates-responds-to-latest-mentions/3d89f996-5943-42d6-a0be-12e57c1e8cb0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-south-east-australia-on-alert-for-high-to-extreme-fire-danger/74532cf0-0bc0-4ec8-827c-ec3fe0238d55" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Scorching heat and high winds trigger extreme fire danger warnings</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Speaking on </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/nx-s1-5697080/melinda-french-gates-reacts-to-ex-husband-bill-gates-being-mentioned-in-epstein-files" rel="" target="_blank" title="NPR's Wild Card podcast"><span>NPR's Wild Card podcast</span></a><span>, French Gates said the allegations reminded her of "very, very painful" times in her marriage to the tech giant.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Whatever questions remain there of what – I can't even begin to know all of it – those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They need to answer to those things, not me."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Gates' announced their divorce in 2021, dividing a massive fortune as part of the split.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/teen-stabbed-hit-by-car-st-kilda-melbourne/c93a02ab-cd22-440a-8dd6-907a0cfe5c92" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Teen stabbed, hit by car after carpark crash in Melbourne</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Wild Cards, French Gates said she hoped for justice for Epstein's victims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm able to take my own sadness and look at those young girls and say, my God, how did that happen to those girls?" she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At least for me, I've been able to move on in life, and I hope there's some justice for those now-women."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" 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