How is that a conspiracy theory? There's pretty clear evidence in the article that there is likely a connection as far back as the early 2000's.
Billionaires have their own private jet sharing, and Epstein provided a lot of funding to the science community.
Epstein was shady and connections to him should be scrutinized and researched , as they will be with Gates. But to think that we trying to cover up your post with this news is silly. The story by OP is genuinely newsworthy IMO.