Bill Gates is seen watching women's Olympic gymnastics as new book details his devastating links to Jeffery Epstein

Bill Gates was seen cheering connected team USA astatine nan women's Olympic gymnastics arsenic a new book detailing his links to Jeffery Epstein came to light. 

The Microsoft founder, 68, was seen sporting a achromatic t-shirt and holding a navy and reddish USA shot headdress arsenic he intently watched nan creator gymnastics women's squad last during nan Paris 2024 Olympic Games connected Tuesday. 

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee led Team USA to its first Olympic gold in creator gymnastics since 2016 arsenic nan Americans easy hit their rivals. 

In nan caller biography, Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World, New York Times journalist Anupreeta Das writes that Gates  was astatine 1 constituent nan 'brightest star' in Epstein's orbit but became a target for nan precocious pedophile aft their short-lived business collapsed. 

Epstein had group his sights connected Gates successful 2010 erstwhile he and chap billionaire Warren Buffett launched The Giving Pledge, a charitable run nether which they vowed to donate 99 percent of their wealth.  

To Epstein, their charitable inaugural was a imaginable caller 'way to make money' and reconstruct his nationalist image, according to nan book. 

It would let Epstein to launder his estimation aft his 2008 condemnation for procuring underaged girls saw him service a little stint successful jailhouse and made him a registered activity offender, nan book claims. 

In nan tome, group to beryllium released August 13, Das writes that Epstein past began to 'tunnel his measurement into Gates's orbit' pinch spectacular results.

The 2 men became friends arsenic they worked connected a wellness money for billionaires pinch Gates moreover calling Epstein 'my buddy'.

Epstein's outrageous manner was an 'adventure' for nerdy and joined Gates, Das writes.

Emails betwixt nan 2 men moreover referred to Gates visiting 1 of Epstein's homes for 'Big Macs', which immoderate took to mean young girls.

Gates denies astir of nan accusations successful nan book, saying Das relied 'almost exclusively connected second- and third-hand hearsay and anonymous sources'. 

In a connection to DailyMail.com, a spokesperson for Gates added: 'The book includes highly sensationalized allegations and outright falsehoods that disregard nan existent documented facts our agency provided to nan writer connected galore occasions. 

'Mr. Gates has antecedently stated his heavy regret for ever meeting pinch Epstein, who he met pinch for discussions regarding philanthropy only'.

But Das's book puts a caller spotlight connected his narration pinch Epstein, which is seen arsenic having costs him his matrimony to Melinda French Gates. The mates divided successful 2021. 

Melinda only met Epstein erstwhile successful 2013 and told her past hubby he was 'evil personified' -- but Gates inexplicably carried connected seeing him anyway.

While nan world saw nan Giving Pledge successful 2010 arsenic an bonzer motion by nan world's 2 richest men, Epstein conscionable saw different lucrative opportunity. 

Das, 46, writes that Epstein saw that overmuch of Buffett's money would beryllium distributed done nan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 'began to passageway a measurement into (Gates's) orbit'.

By August 2010, 40 billionaires had signed up to nan Giving Pledge and galore turned to Gates for proposal astir really to springiness distant their money.

They did not person acquisition mounting up their ain foundations yet Gates did.

As a result, Das writes: 'Of each nan stars that studded Epstein's acheronian universe, Gates was nan brightest'.

Their first gathering was successful nan summertime of 2011 aft Epstein sounded Gates a health-based money for billionaires. 

As nan talks progressed, Epstein roped successful JP Morgan to negociate a 'very precocious profile' group of donors each worthy astatine slightest $100million.

Reports astatine nan clip said that Gates flew connected Epstein's level and had astatine slightest six meetings pinch him including dinners astatine nan pedophile's New York townhouse.

Gates told a workfellow successful 2011 that Epstein's 'lifestyle is very different and benignant of intriguing though it would not activity for me'.

One Epstein victim, a Polish model, met Gates astatine his Microsoft agency successful Seattle and moreover posed for a photograph pinch him.

The woman, who was successful her 20s astatine nan time, has said that she recalled group looking astatine her arsenic if to ask: 'What is she doing there?'

According to Das, Epstein was an 'adventure' for Gates and referred to him astatine slightest 1 clip arsenic 'my buddy'.

In an ominous passage, Das writes that Gates 'chose not to listen' to warnings astir Epstein arsenic nan pedophile 'could connection him thing that was worthy putting (his) image consequence speech for'.

Epstein spent months trying to get nan money disconnected nan crushed but successful nan extremity it came to nothing.

The past known interaction betwixt Gates and Epstein was successful 2014 and their relationship would person apt not go nationalist had Epstein not been arrested successful 2019.

One of nan astir embarrassing episodes to travel retired of Gates's relationship pinch Epstein was his matter pinch Mila Antonova, a Russian who he met astatine a span tournament.

Epstein besides met Antonova, paid for her to be a package coding course, and fto her enactment astatine 1 of his apartments successful New York.

Reports person claimed that successful 2017, Epstein emailed Gates and asked to beryllium reimbursed for nan costs of nan course.

According to nan Wall Street Journal, nan 'tone of nan connection was that Epstein knew astir nan matter and could expose it' successful evident retribution for not taking portion successful his wellness fund.

In nan book, Das faults nan 'Gates media machine' for its handling of nan crisis.

On Tuesday, Gates and his philanthropist woman Paula Hurd- nan erstwhile woman of nan erstwhile CEO of Oracle, Mark Hurd- watched arsenic nan Americans celebrated their golden badge by grabbing an American flag, jumping up and down, and taking clip to airs for photos pinch fans. 

The squad rushed onto nan level and couldn't incorporate their excitement arsenic they moved to various points connected nan podium to springiness fans a chance to spot them.

With Biles astatine her show-stopping best, nan Americans' full of 171.296 was good clear of Italy and Brazil and nan exclamation constituent of a yearlong tally successful which Biles has cemented her bequest arsenic nan top ever successful her sport, and among nan champion successful nan history of nan Olympics. 

The result — nan Americans connected apical pinch nan remainder of nan world looking up — was not successful uncertainty from nan infinitesimal Jordan Chiles began nan nighttime by drilling her double-twisting Yurchenko vault.