India, Feb. 3 -- Melinda French Gates has reacted to newly disclosed emails from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that mentioned her former husband, Bill Gates, who has long struggled with his connection to the disgraced financier.

The documents - which were released by the U Department of Justice last week - contain years-old draft emails that Epstein wrote to himself, in which he claimed that the Microsoft co-founder contracted a sexually transmitted infection from "Russian girls" and subsequently sought Epstein's assistance.

"To add insult to the injury you then subsequently with tears in your eyes, implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to ...