The United States Department of Justice on Friday released emails in which the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had engaged in extramarital sex. The claims appear in draft notes Epstein wrote to himself and are part of a wider release of Epstein-related records under a new transparency law.
According to the documents, Epstein made the allegation in a 225-word email dated July 18, 2013, with the subject line ‘bill’. The email was sent by Epstein to himself. However, there is no clear indication regarding whether it was ever shared with Gates, reported the New York Times.
The new tranche of records, largely emails in the Data Set 12 includes mentions of former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Elon Musk among others, reports the Associated Press.
Epstein draft emails mention Bill Gates
Among the records are draft emails attributed to Jeffrey Epstein from 2013 in which he implied that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates engaged in extramarital sexual relations and sought to handle personal matters discreetly.
In one draft, Epstein described Gates, allegedly having contracted a sexually transmitted infection following encounters with ‘Russian girls’ and mentioned attempts to obtain antibiotics that could be provided secretly to Gates’s then-wife, Melinda French Gates, as reported by the New York Times.
The New York Times reported that it is unclear if Epstein sent the July 2013 emails to the Microsoft founder. A representative of the Gates Foundation said their claims were ‘absolutely absurd and completely false.’
Bill Gates spokesperson denies allegation
A spokesperson for Bill Gates strongly rejected the assertions contained in the documents, calling them ‘absolutely absurd and completely false.’ The spokesperson said the claims reflect Epstein’s frustration and attempts to defame Gates, and not a verified fact, reported the New York Times.
Gates previously acknowledged in 2021 that he had met Epstein on several occasions in the hope of securing philanthropic funding, a decision he later described as ‘a mistake’.
As per a report by the New York Times, in a 2021 interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Gates called his relationship with the disgraced financier “a huge mistake.” He also sought to downplay his interactions with Epstein, saying he had several dinners with Epstein, with the hope of getting him to generate donations to the Gates Foundation.
Largest single day disclousre says DoJ Deputy Attorney
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has published more than 3 million pages of documents, images and videos connected to its investigations of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The release comes under the new Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by the US Congress and signed into law in November 2025.
United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the disclosure which includes over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, marks the largest single release of material to date from the Epstein files, while addressing a press conference on Friday.
The documents were disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Source: Indian Express
--Agencies
