by Natasha JokicBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff Melinda French Gates addressed ex-husband Bill Gates's appearance in the latest batch of Epstein files. Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images The couple split in 2021 after 27 years of marriage. It has emerged that Bill had had an affair with a Microsoft employee during their marriage, and Melinda has referenced "betrayals" that preceded their split. Victor Malafronte / Getty Images New documents showed an email draft Epstein wrote and addressed to himself in 2013.