Bill Gates denies any relationship with disgraced Jeffrey Epstein

A spokesperson for Bill Gates is denying claims made by The New Yorker that disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein helped guide money given by Gates to a program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT considered Epstein a “disqualified” donor, because of his status as a convicted sex offender.

Investigative journalist Ronan Farrow documented how Epstein continued to bring in money for the school’s media lab, including a $2 million donation made by Gates in 2014. The story details how school officials worked to keep Epstein’s involvement hidden and adds that a representative for Gates also wrote expressing his wishes to keep a low profile.

In a statement sent to KUOW, a spokesperson for Gates acknowledged that the men knew each other, but denies any business or personal relationship between the two.

“Any claim that Epstein directed any programmatic or personal grantmaking for Bill Gates is completely false," the statement says.