Bill Gates admits multiple extramarital affairs linked to Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Gates testified before a U.S. congressional committee that he had three extramarital relationships with women who also had connections to financier Jeffrey Epstein. He identified the women as bridge player Mila Antonova, nuclear physicist Karima Nigmatulina, and entrepreneur Alice Jacobs Nesselrodt. Gates said the relationship with Nesselrodt began before 2010, while the other two affairs occurred a few years later when the women were in their twenties and thirties. He acknowledged that Epstein was aware of the relationships and that Epstein had attempted to use the information for blackmail, but Gates maintained he was never coerced or involved in any illegal activity. Gates also noted that his former wife, Melinda French Gates, had previously cited his alleged affair with Epstein as a factor in their 2021 divorce. The testimony revisits longstanding media reports about Gates' personal conduct and his past board investigations related to alleged relationships with Microsoft employees.