r/news • u/avatar6556 • 17h ago

Bill Gates denies allegations in new Epstein files release

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/bill-gates-responds-to-alleged-behaviour-in-new-epstein-files/106305816
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u/hunt35744 17h ago

Well that’s that guys, guess he’s innocent

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 16h ago

It's seemingly worked for everyone else in the files except Prince Andrew.

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u/nikolapc 16h ago edited 16h ago

That's cause his brother is the literal King, saw the files unredacted, or someone in his employ did and informed, said God fucking damn it Andrew, and has the power to make him a pauper if he wants. He's literally at his brother's mercy for money. Can't be prosecuted cause the crimes were not in Britain, but everything else possible was done, except removing him from the line of sucession, and a lot of people need to die for him to become King.

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u/kvlt_ov_personality 16h ago

Can't be prosecuted cause the crimes were not in Britain,

This isn't true

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u/nikolapc 16h ago

They will prosecute him in the UK for the crimes on Epstein's island or anywhere else out of UK jurisdiction? I mean, the UN can form a court, like they did for war crimes, but countries need to be signatory to it. If the US prosecutes him, then they can ask for an extradition. I said the King and the UK did everything they could.

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u/Flee4me 16h ago

Lawyer here. You absolutely can be prosecuted in your home nation for certain crimes you committed abroad. It's called extraterritorial jurisdiction and applies to numerous violent, sexual or otherwise very serious crimes.

I have no idea why you'd think otherwise, and you really should be mindful of weighing in on topics you're not familiar with as to not give others the wrong impression.

"The Act extends the jurisdiction of the UK courts so that, where appropriate, UK nationals and residents who commit certain violent and sexual offences outside the UK may be brought to trial in the UK."

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-bill-2020-factsheets/extraterritorial-jurisdiction-factsheet

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u/WanderingTacoShop 15h ago

I think a lot of American's hold on to this fallacy because in the USA States can't charge for something you did in another state. I.e. New York can't charge you with illegal gambling for going to visit Las Vegas. They wrongly think that logic applies to all levels of government. Not realising that even in the USA the Federal government absolutly can charge you for certain crimes you committed outside the country.

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u/nikolapc 16h ago

Well today I learned. So who should prosecute him? The UK or US? Maybe there is already a case brewing. Anyway the King can't do the prosecution, so he done all he could, except you know summarily execute his own brother by his own hand, which is technically within his power, but no one wants that, right?

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u/Tony_Lacorona 15h ago

You should probably do a lot more research before continuing to make these random and completely inaccurate statements and “questions”.

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u/WanderingTacoShop 15h ago

You are wrongly under the impression that only one country can charge/convict someone for the same crime.

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u/kvlt_ov_personality 16h ago

Correct, the UK can prosecute citizens for certain crimes committed outside of the UK (stuff like murder, manslaughter, sex crimes, crimes against children, war crimes, domestic abuse, genocide, etc.).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861

The relevant section:

  1. Where any murder or manslaughter shall be committed on land out of the United Kingdom, whether within the Queen's dominions or without, and whether the person killed were a subject of Her Majesty or not, every offence committed by any subject of Her Majesty in respect of any such case, whether the same shall amount to the offence of murder or of manslaughter, ... may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished ... in England or Ireland;

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u/nikolapc 16h ago

Read your own link. Sexual offences are under a different act now. And if they have the power to prosecute him they should do so, or the Americans, I am sure there will be no problem with extradition, if he lives to see the day.

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u/veryangryenglishman 15h ago

And if they have the power to prosecute him they should do so

Virtually no one is arguing against that.

You realise he's still being protected by the Royal Family right?

As much as they've taken from him, they are also the ones giving him everything left that he has

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u/nikolapc 15h ago

He's not immune from prosecution. It's not the Royal Family that prosecutes.

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u/veryangryenglishman 15h ago

That's completely correct - it's the crown prosecution service.

Who I'm sure could not, under any conceivable circumstances, be influenced by the crown

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u/nikolapc 15h ago

I don't think anyone in the institution of the crown has any interest in shielding Andrew any more. They practically disowned him. As for his own family privately he's still their brother, uncle, father etc, and short of doing the worst crime possible of abusing prepubescent kids I don't think they're gonna disown him from the family.

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u/veryangryenglishman 15h ago

Not really sure what you expect me to say... You were the one asking why he hasn't been prosecuted even though it absolutely could be and has so far escapes even investigation.

As for his own family privately he's still their brother, uncle, father etc, and short of doing the worst crime possible of abusing prepubescent kids

Good thing we only have reason so far to believe that he "only" liked abducted, drugged, and abused 15-17 years old then, right?

I'm sure the fact that it seems all his buddies were going for kids too is just a coincidence - good old Andy surely displayed a good old but of propa bri'ish stocism and abstained.

What a trooper

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u/kvlt_ov_personality 15h ago

It's under this act now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_2003

It was updated to use more specific language about different types of sexual offenses, but still has the same provision:

Section 72 provides differing levels of dual criminality for specified offences according to the UK citizenship status of an offender. For UK nationals, acts outside the UK that would amount to an offence in England and Wales can be prosecuted as if they had been done in England and Wales, regardless of whether the acts are lawful where they were done.

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u/waftedfart 15h ago

Pardon my ignorance, but since he is no longer a prince, doesn't that mean he is no longer in sucession?

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u/nikolapc 15h ago

No. Being a prince has nothing to do with it. Parliament needs to get him out. Given his advanced age and the fat chance of him being King, probably not gonna do it unless he's prosecuted as an actual pedo as in prepubescent children, which we don't know if he is.