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usonian

(23,976 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 05:11 PM 8 hrs ago

Bill Gates asked Epstein for "antibiotics" for an STD from "Russian girls." Gates denies the allegations.

Last edited Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Note: this document was in the latest DOJ release, and multiple sources talk about the printout of the email.
Bill gets his say in this post.



Edit to add: Gates denies the allegations.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15514221/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-files-std-russian-girls.html
Bill Gates issues FURIOUS response to Epstein files claim he slept with Russian 'girls' and caught STD... and suggests late pedophile was desperate to be his friend

In a rare statement that clearly conveys the depths of his anger over the latest Epstein files release, a spokesperson for the Microsoft billionaire told the Daily Mail: 'These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false.

'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.'




More at the Daily Mail link.



Entire content:



excerpt.

To add insult to the injury you them implore me to please delete the mails regarding your std, your request that I provide you with antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda and the description of your penis

You also made it clear to me that I am not to refer to REDACTED as that is another topic that must remain between the two of us.

In return for all of these requests, which I would have done without a second thought, I am not to attend meetings with Melinda. I should continue to provide you the same level of service and dedication you are ready to discard me and our friendship.

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crimycarny

(2,063 posts)
1. Why would Gates ask Epstein for antibiotics and not his own doctor?
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 05:34 PM
8 hrs ago

Don't believe this accusation whatsoever. There is no way Gates, if he truly contracted and STD, is going to blab that to Epstein and ask Epstein for antibiotics. Someone with Gate's $$$ can easily get antibiotics from a doctor, protected by HIPAA, and far more discreet. I call BS.

W_HAMILTON

(10,198 posts)
9. Isn't it an email from Epstein himself?
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:37 PM
6 hrs ago

And while I'm sure Gates could easily get antibiotics for himself, he wasn't asking for that -- he was asking for them to secretly give to his wife, presumably to help clear up or prevent her from catching the same STD that he had.

leftstreet

(39,332 posts)
10. Yes. He emailed himself the story
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:41 PM
6 hrs ago

?s=20

Looks like he did a lot of that as some kind of "journaling"

W_HAMILTON

(10,198 posts)
11. The email was from 2013 and reveals details that have since been publicly corroborated in the years that followed.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:05 PM
6 hrs ago

There was reporting of Gates having an affair with a Russian woman (Mila Antonova) decades younger than him, Melinda couldn't stand Epstein and says the association between he and her husband led to their divorce, etc.

crimycarny

(2,063 posts)
12. There is no way Bill Gates is going to ask Epstein to provide antibiotics--secret or not
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:20 PM
4 hrs ago

There is simply no way Bill Gates is going to ask Epstein for antibiotics to "secretly" give to his wife. It's also ludicrous to believe that Gates is going to share with Epstein if he suspected Melinda had an STD. The story is beyond ridiculous.

Sure, Bill Gates is going to say: "Pssst...hey Epstein...I think I might have given Melinda "the clap", got any antibiotics I can slip her in secret?"

W_HAMILTON

(10,198 posts)
13. I don'tthink it's ridiculous at all. His relationship with Epstein *literally* led to his divorce.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:33 PM
4 hrs ago

And if Epstein were going to plant a lie about Gates to make him look bad, years before the two actually went their separate ways, you think claiming he got an STD from a Russian he was sleeping with is what he'd go with?

crimycarny

(2,063 posts)
14. Oh puhleeze
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 10:07 PM
3 hrs ago

What Epstein would do or not do is not exactly a flex. "Epstein may rape girls and traffic them to other men, but do you really think he'd send an email to himself about Bill Gates asking him for antibiotics to give to his wife in secret? That's beyond the pale!"

Once again, there is a HUGE difference between someone having an affair (who knows if Gates did or not), versus Gates running to someone like Epstein and asking for antibiotics to be given "in secret".

It is beyond ludicrous.

rampartd

(4,100 posts)
2. "bill " is the subject line of an email from epsten to epstein
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 05:38 PM
7 hrs ago

why would gates need an antibiotic from epstein?

maybe they catch the" black clap" from the little traffic girls and only Epstein had the cure?

https://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Texts/Scholarly/Baky_White_Cong_01.html

pinkstarburst

(1,887 posts)
4. Bill Gates is far from perfect
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:06 PM
7 hrs ago

but ignoring all that, I would be inclined to believe the whole thing is made up simply because of the baloney about going to Epstein for antibiotics. You really want me to believe a billionaire would catch an STD from a hooker, then call Epstein, like someone with Gates' resources couldn't get antibiotics.

Scrivener7

(58,754 posts)
5. I agree with those who think this is fake. Gates could get his own meds. I CAN believe,
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:18 PM
7 hrs ago

however, that Epstein might have written something like this if he was snubbed by Gates to get back at Gates.

usonian

(23,976 posts)
6. I added context to the denial, above.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:22 PM
7 hrs ago

In a rare statement that clearly conveys the depths of his anger over the latest Epstein files release, a spokesperson for the Microsoft billionaire told the Daily Mail: 'These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false.

'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.'

Skittles

(170,052 posts)
7. sounds suspiciously convenient
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:24 PM
7 hrs ago

why the fuck would he do that when he has private docs on-call 24X7?

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