Bill Gates hit by cream cake in Brussels

Gates after the attack

February 4, 1998
Web posted at: 5:56 p.m. EST (2256 GMT)

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- That's not egg on Bill Gates' face, it's cream.

The Microsoft chairman was hit in the face with a cream cake Wednesday in Brussels.

He was entering a building to meet with Belgian government officials. The Belgian news agency says one person distracted Gates' attention, while another threw the cream tart. It hit Gates right in the face, leaving cream all over his glasses.

The news agency says four to five people were involved and had a stack of cakes ready.

The one person who threw a cake got away, but police arrested another person and are questioning a third who filmed the event.

Gates gets hit in the face. (APTV)
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Microsoft said late Thursday it will not press charges.

Reuters reported that it was unclear if Noel Godin, a Belgian who has made a name for himself and a lucrative business out of hurling custard pies in the faces of the rich and famous, was behind the incident.

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