Washington, DC [US], January 31 (ANI): Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed in July 2013 that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates asked an adviser to help obtain medication to treat sexually transmitted diseases, which Epstein described as consequences of “sex with Russian girls,” the New York Post reported on Saturday.
A spokesperson for Gates has previously rejected the allegations. The claims resurfaced following the release of a massive trove of roughly 3.5 million pages of Epstein-related files by the US Department of Justice on Friday. Media reports said Gates’ spokesperson had described the allegations as “absolutely absurd and completely false.”
According to the New York Post, Epstein made the assertions in a draft statement he wrote in the voice of Gates’ longtime science adviser, Boris Nikolic, announcing Nikolic’s intention to leave the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“During the past few weeks I have been caught up in a severe marital dispute between Melinda and Bill,” Epstein wrote in Nikolic’s voice in a July 18, 2013 draft.
In the same draft, Epstein alleged that Nikolic had been asked on multiple occasions to participate in actions ranging from “morally inappropriate” to “ethically unsound,” and to do things that he claimed approached or crossed into illegality. Epstein wrote that these requests included helping Gates obtain drugs to deal with the consequences of alleged sexual encounters, facilitating illicit relationships, and procuring Adderall for bridge tournaments, according to the New York Post.
Epstein also accused Nikolic of attempting to stage a cover-up to protect his image. In the draft, Epstein claimed Nikolic had urged him to delete emails referencing a sexually transmitted disease, a request for antibiotics to be given discreetly to Melinda Gates, and other explicit descriptions, the New York Times reported.
The draft further suggested concern that a potential public divorce could damage philanthropic commitments tied to the Gates Foundation, potentially resulting in billions of dollars no longer being directed toward social causes.
Separately, Epstein allegedly threatened in 2017 to expose Gates’ relationship with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova after Gates declined to join a charitable fund Epstein had launched with JPMorgan Chase, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
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