Bill Gates Admits Two Affairs With Russian Women, Says Epstein Threatened to Expose Them

Bill Gates stood before his own foundation staff in a private town hall on February 24, 2026, and admitted he had two extramarital affairs during his 27-year marriage to Melinda French Gates. One with a Russian bridge player named Mila Antonova, whom he met at tournaments. One with a Russian nuclear physicist he met through business.

Six days earlier, Gates had canceled a keynote address at a major AI summit in India attended by Prime Ministers and Presidents. The Gates Foundation issued a one-sentence statement.