Melinda French Gates breaks down recalling evil Epstein encounter that gave her nightmares

Melinda French Gates grew visibly distressed recalling the moment she met Jeffrey Epstein, saying the encounter gave her nightmares — and that she always knew he was “evil.”The billionaire philanthropist also revealed that ex-husband Bill Gates’ relationship with the disgraced financier played a role in their divorce in an emotional interview with The Guardian.French Gates, 61, told the outlet she always had a bad feeling about the sex trafficker, who died in 2019 at NYC’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in what was ruled a suicide.She struggled to find her words when the interviewer asked her what she found so repulsive about Epstein when she met him in 2013 at his NYC townhouse during a meeting attended by her then-husband.“My heart is racing,” the mother of three said as she looked out the window of her Seattle home with her hand on her chest, according to the outlet.“Have you ever in your life been around somebody that you just know is evil?”“We need to listen to our feelings about people,” French Gates added, even trying to end the interview amid the emotional whirlwind.She previously spoke out against Epstein when her ex-husband and former Microsoft CEO came up earlier this year in the damning Epstein files released by the Department of Justice.The couple were married for 27 years and divorced in 2021 for several reasons, including him cheating on her and his ties to Epstein, she told The Guardian.In one unsent email from Epstein, he alleged that Gates, 70, contracted a sexually transmitted Infection (STI) by cheating on his wife with “Russian girls” and was planning to secretly give French Gates antibiotics.Gates has fiercely denied the allegations and told staff at a Gates Foundation town hall meeting he didn’t do or see anything “illicit” with Epstein.He also acknowledged that his ex-wife was right about the disgraceful businessman all along.“To give her credit, she was always kind of skeptical about the Epstein thing,�...