Bill Gates now insists the most shocking allegation tying him to Jeffrey Epstein — that he contracted STDs from “Russia girls” and sought secret antibiotics for his then-wife Melinda — is flatly untrue. He points to a bizarre 2013 email Epstein apparently wrote to himself, never sent, yet addressed to “Bill,” describing a fabricated sexual history in graphic, taunting detail. Gates calls the message false and says every minute he spent with Epstein is something he deeply regrets.
He maintains their relationship was transactional and misguided, centered on Epstein’s promises to connect him with ultra-wealthy donors for global health causes, not sex or secret trips to the infamous island. Melinda Gates, still haunted by both Epstein’s crimes and the collapse of her marriage, refuses to answer for her ex-husband’s choices. Instead, she focuses on the girls Epstein abused — and on a society still struggling to confront the powerful men orbiting his dark world.
