Newly released records from the United States Department of Justice have added a fresh and controversial dimension to the scrutiny surrounding Bill Gates's past association with Jeffrey Epstein. The documents, which include draft emails and letters, allege that Gates contracted a sexually transmitted disease and sought antibiotics to give his then-wife, Melinda Gates, without her knowledge.
At the center of the release is a draft letter dated July 2013 that appears to have been written as part of a dispute among Epstein's associates. The text directly confronts Gates and references a request related to an illness. According to the document, the author wrote that Gates asked him to "delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda."
The letter's language suggests the medication would have been administered secretly. While the document is a draft and does not establish whether such a request was carried out, its contents have drawn attention because of the explicit phrasing and the context in which it was preserved among Epstein-related files.
The draft appears to be written from the perspective of Boris Nikolic, a former science adviser to Gates who was named as a backup executor in Epstein's will. Addressed directly to "Bill," the text discusses a resignation and frames the dispute in transactional terms, accusing Gates of asking associates to participate in a "cover up" to protect "the reputation that you have worked so hard to achieve."
Beyond the medical allegation, the documents contain additional claims about Gates's personal life during that period. One email, sent from Epstein's account with the subject line "bill," alleges the writer helped Gates "get drugs" to deal with the "consequences of sex with russian girls." The same text asserts involvement in facilitating "illicit trysts" with married women, language that underscores how Epstein may have collected damaging information about powerful figures.
The records also reflect anxiety within Gates's circle about the possibility of a public divorce. The draft letter warns that if Melinda were to "file for a public divorce," the impact on the "pledge program" could be severe, potentially resulting in "billions of dollars of money no longer being used for social good." The passage suggests that protecting Gates's reputation was framed internally as essential to sustaining philanthropic initiatives.
Financial considerations run throughout the text. The author demands compensation, referencing a severance "similar to that of Christine Turner" and proposing a $30 million payout to resolve an investment dispute. The letter describes such payment as "generous compensation for keeping the gates reputation intact," reinforcing the impression of a relationship built around leverage and silence.
Gates has previously acknowledged that his association with Epstein was a "huge mistake." The newly released DOJ materials do not constitute findings of fact, but the specific allegations-particularly the quoted request for antibiotics to be given "surreptitiously"-have intensified scrutiny of the relationship and the extent to which Epstein served as a repository for compromising information on influential figures.
