Bill Gates has spent years trying to bury his connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
The billionaire claimed their meetings were just about philanthropy.
But an Epstein email exposed one sick secret that Bill Gates wanted to hide.
DOJ Releases 3.5 Million Pages of Epstein Files
The Department of Justice dumped 3.5 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents on Friday.
The release came after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act forcing the DOJ's hand.
Hidden in the mountain of emails, photos, and videos was a bombshell draft message Epstein wrote to himself in July 2013.
Epstein claimed Gates came begging him to delete emails about catching a sexually transmitted disease from Russian prostitutes.
The message alleged Gates then asked Epstein to provide antibiotics so he could secretly dose his wife Melinda without her knowledge.
"TO add insult to injury you then subsequently with tears in your eyes, implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you with antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda, and the description of your penis," Epstein wrote.
Epstein drafted at least seven versions between July 17-18, 2013, but investigators found no evidence he ever sent it.
Gates' Spokesperson Calls Claims "Absurd"
A Gates spokesperson rushed to damage control mode after the emails surfaced.
"The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein's frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame," the rep told the Daily Mail.
The DOJ cautioned the 3.5 million pages could contain "fake or falsely submitted" materials.
But the timing matches exactly with when cracks started showing in the Gates marriage.
Melinda Gates met with Epstein once in September 2013 at his Manhattan mansion and told CBS News years later she "regretted it from the second I stepped in the door."
She called Epstein "abhorrent, evil personified."
Former Gates Foundation employees told the Wall Street Journal that Melinda confronted Bill about the Epstein relationship as far back as 2013.
By 2019, after the New York Times exposed the depth of Gates' meetings with Epstein, Melinda was meeting with divorce lawyers.
The Pattern Epstein Used to Control Powerful Men
Epstein didn't keep draft emails about medical conditions and Russian prostitutes because he was bored.
Virginia Giuffre's memoir revealed Epstein regularly bragged about using hidden cameras to record compromising situations with powerful men.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called Epstein "the greatest blackmailer ever" after visiting his Manhattan townhouse and seeing the massage room setup.
"What happened in that massage room, I assume, was on video," Lutnick told podcast host Miranda Devine.
Multiple Epstein victims described his properties as rigged with recording equipment throughout bedrooms and bathrooms.
The draft email about Gates reads exactly like leverage material Epstein would keep for future use.
Maria Farmer testified that Epstein's operation was a "blackmail ring" designed to compromise elites.
Former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe claimed Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ran a sophisticated "honeytrap" targeting influential figures.
Whether the STD claims about Gates are true or fabricated doesn't matter for blackmail purposes.
The existence of the emails themselves created leverage.
Gates insisted for years their meetings were only about philanthropy and he "didn't have any business relationship or friendship with him."
But these draft emails show Epstein was documenting far more intimate details.
Details that would destroy Gates' carefully cultivated public image as a philanthropist focused on global health.
Gates Can't Escape the Epstein Shadow
Gates' 27-year marriage to Melinda officially ended in 2021.
She made it crystal clear in a 2022 CBS interview that his Epstein connection played a major role.
"I did not like that he had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, no," Melinda told Gayle King.
The New York Times reported Gates met with Epstein "on numerous occasions" starting in 2011, including at least three times at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse with one visit lasting late into the night.
Gates arranged a $2 million donation to MIT through Epstein as an intermediary in 2014.
The Daily Beast reported Gates sought Epstein's advice about ending his marriage and complained about Melinda during meetings at Epstein's mansion.
A source told the outlet "going to Jeffrey's was a respite from his marriage."
Gates' spokesperson denied he ever complained about Melinda to Epstein.
But the pattern shows Gates was far more entangled with the convicted sex offender than he's ever admitted publicly.
Now these draft emails about STDs and Russian prostitutes give Epstein's victims and the public another reason to question everything Gates has said.
Gates called meeting Epstein "a huge mistake" in 2021.
That's putting it mildly when the convicted sex trafficker was apparently drafting emails about your alleged sexual escapades and marital problems.
The DOJ's document dump proves Epstein was collecting dirt on some of the world's most powerful men.
And Bill Gates just found out the hard way that those secrets don't stay buried forever.
Sources:
- Thomas English, "Bill Gates Got STD From Russian Hooker, Epstein Suggested In Email," Daily Caller, January 30, 2026.
- David Gilmour, "Epstein Email Alleges Bill Gates Hid STD From Wife After Sex With 'Russian Girls'," Mediaite, January 30, 2026.
- David Enrich, "Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich," New York Times, December 30, 2025.
- "Virginia Giuffre's memoir reveals Epstein bragged about blackmailing powerful men," Crime Online, October 23, 2025.
- "Trump official calls Epstein 'greatest blackmailer,' contradicting FBI's Patel," Axios, October 2, 2025.
- "Melinda Gates met divorce lawyers when Epstein ties revealed," Al Jazeera, May 10, 2021.
- "Bill Gates says meetings with Epstein were a 'huge mistake'," Al Jazeera, November 3, 2021.
