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Several accusations have surfaced since Gates and Melinda French Gates announced their divorce on May 3.
Gates' also had a deeper relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than previously known which, according to the news reports, was a point of contention between him and French Gates.
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1987: Bill Gates started dating Melinda French Gates while he was her boss at Microsoft.
The soon-to-be ex-couple during a TED conference in 2014.
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2000: Gates had an intimate relationship with a Microsoft employee while married to French Gates.
Gates in 2000.
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2006: Gates asked a female Microsoft employee out to dinner.
Gates at Microsoft's E3 press conference in Hollywood, California, in 2006.
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2007-08: Gates asked a Gates Foundation employee to dinner.
Gates on September 25, 2008, in New York.
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2011: Gates continued to spend time with Jeffrey Epstein years after his sex-crime conviction.
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2017: At least two Gates Foundation employees kept in touch with Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 8, 2004.
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2018: Gates botched an investigation into a sexual-harassment allegation against his longtime wealth manager.
Michael Larson attends the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2014, in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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