Bill Gates told staff more than 20 affairs were claimed in his divorce during tense town hall meeting: report

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Jun 01, 2026 · 419 words · By Ronny Reyes

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What happened

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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleBill Gates was accused of having more than 20 extramarital affairs in the fallout from his divorce from ex-wife Melinda, the billionaire told Gates Foundation staffers during a sullen town meeting earlier this year, according to…

Common ground

While Gates, 70, owned up to having two affairs with Russian women referenced in the Epstein files during the February gathering, the Microsoft co-founder left employees stunned when he revealed that allegations related to more than 20 affairs had come up…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Bill Gates was accused of having more than 20 extramarital affairs in the fallout from his divorce from ex-wife Melinda”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent web sources (IBTimes UK, Google News, and other reports) confirm that Bill Gates disclosed allegations of more than 20 extramarital affairs during a town hall meeting with Gates Foundation staff.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melinda Ann French Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in compu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_French_Gates

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Mic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third-wealthiest …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation

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Claim 2: “The other woman... was referred to by Gates as a “Russian nuclear physicist” who he met “through business activities” and worked for two years at TerraPower”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the specific description of the second woman as a 'Russian nuclear physicist' who worked at TerraPower for two years.

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Claim 3: “Epstein later paid for Antonova to attend software coding school”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim that Epstein paid for Antonova to attend a software coding school.

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Claim 4: “the billionaire told Gates Foundation staffers during a sullen town meeting earlier this year... that allegations related to more than 20 affairs had come up during the 2021 divorce proceedings”

CORROBORATED

The claim that Gates told Foundation staffers during a town hall meeting that allegations of more than 20 affairs surfaced during the 2021 divorce is corroborated by multiple web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Henry Gates II (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates_Sr.

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Claim 5: “the Russian [Antonova] met Epstein seeking financial backers for a bridge academy”

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Multiple sources report that Mila Antonova had ties to Jeffrey Epstein and that Epstein attempted to use this relationship to extort or threaten Bill Gates.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2023 ... Convicted sexual offender reportedly threatened to expose Gates's relationship with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/21/jeffrey-epst…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 14, 2026 ... Epstein had just put up Mila Antonova in one of his Upper East Side apartments for the week, he told Cohen. Antonova, a Russian bridge ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/playing-fire-epstein-ban…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2023 ... Epstein, who died in 2019, threatened Gates over the alleged affair with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova in a 2017 email.
https://www.al.com/news/2023/05/jeffrey-epstein-threatened-t…

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Claim 6: “Epstein had allegedly discovered Gates’ affairs and attempted to threaten the billionaire with his knowledge of it, according to 2013 emails between the disgraced financier and Boris Nikolic”

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Claim 7: “he never visited the pedophile’s notorious private island in the Caribbean, Little St. James”

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Claim 8: “Gates, 70, owned up to having two affairs with Russian women referenced in the Epstein files during the February gathering”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources report that Gates admitted to affairs with Russian women, specifically mentioning their connection to the Epstein files and the context of a House Oversight Committee testimony/foundation meeting.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cultivated connections with influential individuals and institutions across the globe. Epstein was personally connected with many members of the transn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_of_Jeffrey_Epstein

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ran a ring of female sex traffickers, who were tasked with recruiting underage females into his orbit for his sexual gratification. His cl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litigation_involving_Jeffrey_E…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, developed a social and professional relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that began in the late 1980s and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Donald_Trump_a…

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Claim 9: “Gates met Antonova in 2010 at a tournament”

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One source states they met at a bridge match in 2009, while the claim states 2010. This creates a factual contradiction regarding the year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Streamline your entire AP process, from bill creation to approvals and payments—with AI working behind the scenes to reduce errors and manual work. Easily sync with your accounting software.
https://www.bill.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — BPU gives you a variety of ways to pay your bill. Pick a payment option that’s best for you. ONLINE Visit bpu.com and click PAY BILL. This 24/7 option allows you to securely pay with eCheck, credit/de…
https://www.bpu.com/forhome/billing/billpayoptions.aspx

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web search NEUTRAL — Online bill pay enables businesses and consumers the ability to securely pay bills and invoices digitally without the need for traditional paper processes.
https://www.bill.com/learning/online-bill-pay

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Claim 10: “Gates, who had been married to Melinda for 27 years”

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While the provided search results for 'Bill' were noisy, the context of the marriage duration is a widely known biographical fact supported by the general context of the divorce reports and the Wikipedia entries for Bill and Melinda Gates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Phoebe Adele Gates (born September 14, 2002) is an American entrepreneur, women's health advocate, and social media influencer. The youngest of the three children of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Gates

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Claim 11: “Gates admitted to having sex with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources explicitly name Mila Antonova as one of the Russian women Gates admitted to having an affair with.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gates also claimed Epstein later discovered his two alleged affairs, the report claims. But he highlighted these affairs did not involve any of Epstein's victims. Epstein had previously threatened Gat…
https://www.aol.com/articles/did-affairs-bill-gates-admits-1…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bill Gates has admitted two affairs with Russian women during his 27-year marriage – one a much-younger bridge player with ties to Jeffrey Epstein.Mila Antonova and Bill Gates met at a bridge match in…
https://nypost.com/2026/02/25/us-news/inside-bill-gates-sord…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bill Gates admitted having affairs with three women including Mila Antonova, a bridge player - Mila Antonova.Mr Gates, a philanthropist, had admitted to staff at his Gates Foundation in February that …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bill-gates-name…

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Claim 12: “The emails also tried to suggest Nikolic had assisted Gates in securing medication “in order to deal with the consequences of sex with Russian girls.””

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Claim 13: “Gates admitted to having sex with... a former employee at his nuclear power company, TerraPower”

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While the general admission of affairs is corroborated, the specific detail regarding a former employee at TerraPower is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though it is implied in the narrative of the claims.

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web search NEUTRAL — William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Bill Gates faced allegations of having more than 20 affairs during his divorce proceedings, the billionaire told Gates Foundation staffers ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/bill-gates-told-staff-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 25, 2026 ... Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has apologized to staff at his philanthropic foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, telling attendees ...
https://www.facebook.com/CBSNews/posts/microsoft-co-founder-…

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Claim 14: “Gates admitted he spent time with Epstein in New York, Germany, France, and Washington, DC”

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