Bill Gates has been dragged back into the scandal surrounding sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein following the latest tranche of evidence from the pedophile’s estate.
The Microsoft founder was again featured in images released from Epstein’s estate this week, part of an ongoing disclosure from House Democrats offering a new glimpse into Epstein’s ties to the rich and powerful.
In undated images from the latest tranche, Gates is seen with two women whose faces were blurred.
An additional picture reveals that Epstein kept a framed photo of Gates on the wall at his mansion on his private island.
Days before, another image release showed Gates standing alongside Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew.
Gates has persistently downplayed his ties to the sex trafficker in the past, however his place in the latest trove of Epstein evidence has cast fresh scrutiny on his claims they merely shared ‘several dinners’ together as he has previously suggested.
It comes as White House officials scramble to redact hundreds of thousands of Epstein files before midnight when the documents are legally required to be made public.
The records could contain the most detailed look yet at nearly two decades worth of government investigations into Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women and underage girls.
In undated images from the latest Epstein files release, Bill Gates is seen with two women whose faces were redacted (pictured above)
Among those querying the fresh images was activist Jason Bassler, founder of libertarian organization The Free Thought Project.
‘Newly released Epstein pictures show a framed photograph of Bill Gates hanging on his wall,’ Bassler wrote on X. ‘Strange way to honor a “nobody”.’
Gates’ ties to Epstein first captured international headlines in 2019, when the New York Times reported that Gates first met the pedophile ‘after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes’.
A bombshell Wall Street Journal report in 2023 also alleged Epstein threatened to expose Gates for an affair with a Russian bridge player in 2017, while he was married to now-ex-wife Melinda.
Melinda admitted that her marriage to Gates broke down because of his links to Epstein, and said after meeting him one time, she found him ‘abhorrent’ and ‘evil personified’.
Yet Gates has brushed off any closeness with Epstein, and when he first addressed their relationship in 2021, he said he was ‘hoping that what (Epstein) said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health, through contacts that he had, might emerge’.
‘When it looked like that wasn’t a real thing, that relationship ended,’ Gates said at the time. ‘But it was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there.’
Gates pictured with another anonymized woman in a photo released as part of the Epstein files
The Microsoft founder was also seen in a framed picture inside Epstein’s mansion on his private island (lower left), leading some to question his past downplaying of their closeness
Gates was not pictured with Epstein in the latest round of images, but in another image releases on December 12, a younger-looking Gates is seen smiling next to a man who appears to be Epstein’s longtime pilot Larry Visoski.
The picture features them posing up next to Epstein’s private jet and casts doubt on Gates’ explanation of their relationship, including in a 2023 interview with ABC Australia where he said: ‘I had dinner with him, and that’s all.’
Gates has so far only been pictured with Epstein once in 2019.
Earlier this year, Gates again addressed his regret over his past with Epstein, admitting it was a ‘huge mistake’ for them to have ever met.
‘In retrospect, I was foolish to spend any time with him. And he, sort of, got time with various people by spending time with other people,’ he told the Wall Street Journal.
‘So yes, I think I was quite stupid. I thought it would help me with global health philanthropy. In fact, it failed to do that it was just a huge mistake.’
Following the New York Times report that claimed that Epstein threatened to expose Gates’ alleged affair with a Russian bridge player, a spokesperson for Gates said it was a ploy by Epstein after their philanthropy didn’t pan out.
‘Mr. Gates met with Epstein solely for philanthropic purposes. Having failed repeatedly to draw Mr. Gates beyond these matters, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates,’ the spokesperson said at the time.
‘Mr. Gates never had any financial dealings with Epstein. As Bill has said before, it was a mistake to have ever met him.’
The Daily Mail has contacted the Gates Foundation for comment on the latest files release.
Gates was also seen standing alongside Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – formerly Prince Andrew
Gates and Epstein seen in the only known image of the pair together, released in 2019
Gates was not pictured with Epstein, but in one released on December 12 he appears to pose up with Epstein’s longtime pilot Larry Visoski
In other images from Thursday’s release, Epstein was seen surrounded by a group of women as he sat behind a desk.
One set of photographs showed an unidentified woman’s body parts inscribed with quotes from Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a novel about a middle-aged man’s sexual obsession with a young girl, which is also pictured in the background.
A picture of a dinner shows Epstein flanked by director Woody Allen, businessman Thomas Pritzker and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak as magician David Blaine appears to perform for them.
Also among those photographed is famous linguistics professor Noam Chomsky, who is pictured alongside Epstein on a private flight. The photos do not implicate any of the individuals in Epstein’s crimes.
Democrats have selectively released the 68 pictures along with dozens of others in recent weeks, all of which have been pulled from a collection of 95,000 unseen images from Epstein’s estate.
Disturbing pictures from the latest release show a woman’s chest with a Lolita quote scrawled across it.
‘Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth,’ it reads, while another shows a woman’s back with the words ‘She was Dolores on the dotted line’, another quote from the controversial novel.
A woman’s foot is seen with a quote from Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita – with the novel pictured in the background
The latest Epstein files release show a woman’s chest and back with Lolita quotes scrawled across them
The new tranche of pictures includes a snap of Epstein’s passport, issued just four months before his arrest in 2019
His passport includes a page which has a notice stating that the bearer ‘is a registered sex offender who ‘was convicted of a sex offence against a minor’
Epstein’s notorious private jet, which ferried him and VIP guests to his infamous island and around the world, was nicknamed the Lolita Express.
Passengers on the $80million Boeing 727-100 included Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew, according to recently released flight logs.
Epstein regularly hosted famous friends at his residences, including Woody Allen, who attended gatherings at the financier’s Upper East Side townhouse. Epstein is pictured with his arm around the filmmaker in one of the new photos.
The new tranche of pictures also includes a snap of Epstein’s passport, issued just four months before his arrest in 2019.
It features a page which has a notice stating that the passport bearer ‘is a registered sex offender who ‘was convicted of a sex offence against a minor’.
Another image from the latest release shows a Ukrainian passport belonging to a woman, with all identifying information blacked out.
Epstein regularly hosted famous friends at his residences, including Woody Allen, who often attended gatherings at the financier’s Upper East Side townhouse
Among those photographed is famous linguistics professor Noam Chomsky, who is pictured alongside Epstein on a private flight
Jeffrey Epstein is seen on a private jet with an unidentified young woman sitting next to him
A screenshot of text messages from an unknown sender seems to refer to an 18-year-old from Russia
Meanwhile a screenshot of text messages from an unknown sender seems to refer to an 18-year-old from Russia and mentions a person asking for ‘1000$ per girl’.
‘I will send u girls now,’ one of the messages reads, followed by another which says: ‘Maybe someone will be good for J?’
Other images show Russian, Lithuanian and Czech passports and a South African identity card, all of which appear to belong to women and also have the identifying details redacted.
His partner Ghislaine Maxwell would confiscate passports from the girls they trafficked while they were on Epstein’s private island, victims testified during her trial.
