{"id":40541,"date":"2026-02-05T00:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=40541"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:21:05","slug":"bill-gates-responds-after-epstein-files-allege-he-caught-stds-from-russian-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=40541","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates responds after Epstein files allege he \u2018caught STDs from Russian Girls\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wave of celebrities came under scrutiny when new Epstein files were released last week \u2014 and one name that immediately grabbed attention was Bill Gates, particularly claims that he contracted STDs from \u201cRussia girls.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"irpws69fec4ae1c764\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.irpws69fec4ae1c764 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.irpws69fec4ae1c764 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.irpws69fec4ae1c764 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.irpws69fec4ae1c764 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.irpws69fec4ae1c764 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Now, the Microsoft co-founder is breaking his silence and setting the record straight.<\/p>\n<p>What Epstein wrote<br \/>\nBill Gates, 70, has previously spoken about his past association with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, calling it a \u201chuge mistake\u201d to have any connection with the convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"readupdatednews.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"COyUxJOKwZIDFTPQRAcdd3IGmg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23207117756\/readupdatednews.com\/readupdatednews.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn retrospect, I was foolish to spend any time with him,\u201d he told the Wall Street Journal a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>But last week, their association came back into the spotlight as the Department of Justice published 3.5 million new documents. Some of those included shocking claims that Gates contracted STDs from \u201cRussia girls,\u201d according to an email from Epstein in 2013. The message, believed to have been sent by Epstein to himself, despite being addressed to \u201cBill\u201d, stated:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"readupdatednews.com_responsive_1\" data-google-query-id=\"COWcxJOKwZIDFUbSRAcd_ao4yA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23207117756\/readupdatednews.com\/readupdatednews.com_responsive_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201dTo add insult to the injury you them [sic] implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda and the description of your penis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates denied the allegations in an interview with 9News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently, Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was never sent. The email is false,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI don\u2019t know what his thinking was there. Was he trying to attack me in some way? Every minute I spent with him, I regret, and I apologize that I did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inside their relationship<br \/>\nThe Microsoft co-founder explained that he first met Epstein in 2011 and had several dinners with him afterwards but insisted he never visited Epstein\u2019s notorious island or had any sexual relations with women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe focus was always, he knew a lot of very rich people, and he was saying he could get them to give money to global health. In retrospect, that was a dead end,\u201d Gates said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22387\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bill-and-melinda-gates-664x350-1-300x158.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bill-and-melinda-gates-664x350-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bill-and-melinda-gates-664x350-1.jpg 664w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gates\u2019 ex-wife, Melinda, also weighed in on the matter during NPR\u2019s Wild Card podcast, reflecting on the broader impact of Epstein\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWhatever questions remain there of what I don\u2019t \u2014 can\u2019t even begin to know all of it \u2014 those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband. They need to answer to those things, not me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-wife\u2019s reaction<br \/>\n\u201dI think we\u2019re having a reckoning as a society, right? No girl, no girl should ever be put in the situation that they were put in by Epstein and whatever was going on with all of the various people around him. It\u2019s beyond heartbreaking, right? I remember being those ages those girls were, I remember my daughters being those ages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dSo for me, it\u2019s personally hard whenever those details come up, right, because [it] brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melinda and Bill Gates were married for 27 years before finalizing their divorce in 2021. Later, Melinda revealed that her ex-husband had an affair with a Microsoft employee in 2019 \u2014 a claim that Gates himself confirmed in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wave of celebrities came under scrutiny when new Epstein files were released last week \u2014 and one name that immediately grabbed attention was Bill Gates, particularly claims that he contracted STDs from \u201cRussia girls.\u201d Now, the Microsoft co-founder is breaking his silence and setting the record straight. 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