Epstein draft claims Bill Gates sought antibiotics secretly after contracting STD from Russian girls

Newly released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files have ignited controversy around Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, with draft emails allegedly suggesting he contracted a sexually transmitted infection following encounters with “Russian girls.”

The claims, contained in unpublished communications from 2013 that were part of a massive trove of material released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), have been strongly denied by Gates and his representatives.

In the latest batch of files, part of more than 3.5 million pages of internal emails, notes, images, and videos related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, several draft messages appear to show Epstein venting about his fractured relationship with Gates.

One draft email, reportedly written by Epstein to himself, claims Gates asked for antibiotics to “surreptitiously” give to his then-wife, Melinda French Gates, after supposedly contracting a sexually transmitted disease following sexual encounters with women described as “Russian girls.”

The documents, dated July 18, 2013, reference Gates’s personal life in unusually explicit and unverified ways, including comments about his health concerns and alleged requests for medication from Epstein.

In one email, Epstein purportedly complained about being asked to delete references to the incident and other sensitive material. Another message appears to be drafted from the perspective of Boris Nikolic, a former advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In it, Nikolic’s “resignation” draft accuses himself, Gates, and Epstein of involvement in ethically questionable activities, including facilitating “illicit trysts” and assisting in obtaining drugs. This narrative has no independent verification and is presented in draft form within the Epstein file release.

Gates Denies the Allegations

Bill Gates’s spokesperson reacted swiftly to the emergence of these claims, calling them “absolutely absurd and completely false.” The statement emphasised that the documents reflect nothing more than Epstein’s frustration at not maintaining an ongoing relationship with Gates and an alleged effort to entrap or defame him.

Gates has previously acknowledged meeting Epstein on multiple occasions for discussions related to philanthropy, a relationship he later described as a “huge mistake.”

Those meetings, first reported years ago, drew scrutiny at the time and were referenced again in the context of the Epstein document releases, including photos and emails featuring Gates’s name.

Unverified and Uncorroborated Claims

Crucially, none of the allegations about sexual encounters, STDs, or related conduct have been independently verified by journalists or investigators, and there is no indication that the draft emails were ever sent or authenticated as genuine communications from Gates or Nikolic.

The claims appear only in Epstein’s notes and reflect his own narrative rather than documented evidence. Legal analysts and media outlets have repeatedly noted that such unverified claims emerging from raw document dumps should be treated with caution until corroborated by investigators.

The DOJ itself has not asserted that such allegations are factual, focusing instead on the broader transparency effort in releasing the files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

As the public and legal experts continue to comb through the massive cache of documents, reactions from Gates’s team, dismissing the claims, and the absence of independent evidence leave the sensational allegations in the realm of unverified and contested claims rather than fact.