Jeffrey Epstein 'tunneled' his way into Bill Gates's orbit costing the billionaire his marriage and almost shattering his reputation, new book reveals

Bill Gates was astatine 1 constituent nan 'brightest star' successful Jeffrey Epstein's orbit but became a target for nan precocious pedophile aft their short-lived business collapsed, a caller book claims. 

Epstein had group his sights connected Gates successful 2010 erstwhile nan Microsoft laminitis 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 caller biography, Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World.

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.

In nan book, group to beryllium released August 13, New York Times journalist Anupreeta 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 Gates who chafed astatine his overscheduled life joined to a woman committed to monogamy, 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, 68, 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, he 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.

Melinda only met Epstein erstwhile successful 2013 and told her 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'.

Epstein, who counted Britain's Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton among his associates, saw Gates arsenic much valuable than anyone else.

The money constituent was nan cardinal and Epstein saw a measurement to do what he had ever done: link group and make a luck for himself.

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.

The preamble came done Epstein friend, neurosurgeon Melanie Walker, and Boris Nikolic, nan erstwhile main advisor connected subject and exertion to Gates. 

Epstein would later sanction Nikolic arsenic organizer of his will days earlier committing suicide, successful a move that is believed to person been intended to undermine Gates. 

According to Das, Gates had been 'receptive' to Epstein's thought and didn't look to person moreover done a Google hunt to vet nan pedophile.

Had he done so, he would person seen that Epstein had served a 15 period situation word for soliciting minors for prostitution.

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.

One root said that nan 'incentives were misaligned': Epstein wanted nan connections, JP Morgan wanted to tally nan fund, and Gates conscionable wanted money for vaccines.

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.

While nan pedophile hanged himself a fewer months later, anyone who had ever dealt pinch him sewage caught successful nan blast radius.

The reports astir Gates were profoundly unflattering, including really he turned to Epstein for proposal astir his 'toxic' marriage. 

Epstein counseled him to get a divorce, and Gates had enjoyed nan 'boys club' ambiance astatine Epstein's homes.

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 St 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.

They tried to 'shut down' nan communicative pinch denials but past had to backtrack and admit immoderate of nan events erstwhile impervious came to light.

The prestigious assemblage MIT moreover launched an investigation amid claims that Epstein directed a $2million aid to nan assemblage connected behalf of Gates.

Das writes that nan money was utilized to activity different donations pinch donors being told that nan money was really from Gates.

In 1 of nan astir shocking passages of nan book, Das writes: 'Gates was often mentioned successful nan thousands of emails that lawyers reviewed betwixt Epstein and MIT employees.

'There were references to Gates visiting Epstein's residences, and Epstein arranging for "Big Macs" which 1 of nan group said referred to Epstein's liking successful young girls – and besides nan nutrient he was sometimes known to service to his guests astatine his Manhattan townhouse, connected metallic platters.'

Epstein has utilized codification words pinch different of his adjacent associates: Jes Staley, who was caput of JP Morgan astatine nan clip Epstein was trying to group up nan money pinch Gates.

Emails betwixt nan 2 revealed successful tribunal documents person shown that they some made suggestive references to Disney princesses.

In 1 connection from 2010, Staley wrote to Epstein: 'Say hullo to Snow White' and asked if 'Beauty and nan Beast' was free.

Epstein replied: 'Well, 1 broadside is available', apparently referring to Beauty.

In different connection Epstein sent Staley a image of a young woman, to which Staley replied: 'Don't show me, a French wine'.

Epstein replied: 'Always thoughts of alcohol'.

A spokeswoman for Staley has antecedently denied he utilized codification words pinch Epstein and denied wrongdoing.

Speaking to CBS aft nan divorce, Melinda French Gates said that she made it 'very clear' to her erstwhile hubby that he should ne'er again meet pinch Epstein aft she went to his location successful 2013.

Melinda said: 'I wanted to spot who this man was and I regretted it from nan 2nd I stepped successful nan door.

'He was abhorrent, he was evil personified, I had nightmares astir it afterwards.

'My bosom breaks for these young women because that's really I felt and I'm an older woman. My deity I consciousness unspeakable for those women, it's awful. He was awful'.