Bill Gates investigated for intimate relations with an employee

The investigation took place months before the billionaire resigned from the board last year.

“Microsoff received a concern in the last half of 2019 that Bill Gates tried to start an intimate relationship with a company employee in 2000,” said a company spokesman for the company NPR.

A board committee reviewed the concern, assisted by a legal foreign company, to conduct a thorough investigation. Throughout the investigation, Microsoft provided broad support for the employee who raised concern. ”

Gates, Microsoft cofounder and one of the world's richest people, has received attention in recent weeks following his divorce with Melinda Gates, ending a 27-year-old marriage.

Another report, in The New York Times on Sunday, detailed how Gates allegedly had relations with some women associated with Microsoft and its foundation, creating “a reputation for questionable behavior in environments related to the”.

But, according to the Times, it was Gates' friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sex with 14-year-old minor girls who disturbed Melinda Gates and led to divorce.

But Gates' spokesman denied these things, saying that so many falsehoods have been published regarding Bill Gates' cause and circumstances of divorce.

Gates said in March 2020 that he was leaving Microsoft's board to devote more time to philanthropic issues.