Amid the news of Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda Gates' divorce, a new report has now claimed that the billionaire cultivated a relationship with pedophile Jeffery Epstein as Gates Gates believed that Epstein would help him secure the Nobel Peace Prize. According to a report in the Daily Beast, a former Gates Foundation employee revealed that the relationship between the two "was a maneuver to try to get himself a Nobel Peace Prize". Following this report, now a spokesperson of Bill Gates has denied these stories and said, "While a Nobel Prize would certainly be a great honor, it is false to state that Bill Gates was 'obsessed' with the honor, set it as a goal, or campaigned for it in any way." For the unversed, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce the first week of May, following which the billionaire's relationship with Epstein has attracted great inspection. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Melinda Gates was concerned over her former husband's relationship with the pedophile.

Source: dna May 18, 2021 17:48 UTC