Bill Gates is responding to newly discovered allegations in a newly released batch of emails from Jeffrey Epstein.
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Millions of documents were released yesterday about the late, disgraced financier, who died in prison in 2019 after facing sex trafficking charges. After their release, Deputy Attorney General Todd Branch said this may be the last significant document regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged crimes and relationships with celebrities.
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One of the many documents released is a draft email involving the Microsoft founder and tech billionaire from around 2013, in which Jeffrey Epstein claimed that Bill Gates contracted an STI from a “Russian girl,” and further alleged that Bill received antibiotics from his then-wife Melinda French Gates to cover up the STI.
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in a statement peopleA spokesman for Bill Gates said, “These claims are absolutely ridiculous and completely false.”
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“The only thing these documents show is Epstein’s frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to frame and smear him.”
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If you want a rundown of what’s in the newly released batch of Epstein documents, you can go here .
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