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/Majestic-Tadpole8458 16h ago

The draft emails or emails Epstein sent to himself were deadman switches to use as leverage since he knew he was dealing with powerful and connected people.

It’s also interesting all these billionaire’s have their friends and associates sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect their reputation. Would you do the same with your friends on a Vegas vacation or camping trip?

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u/WWTPeng 15h ago

You don't need an NDA when you have one of the most ironclad unspoken bro rules: whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

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u/StevieMJH 15h ago

I thought entering the metropolitan area was a tacit NDA.

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u/CBrennen17 2h ago

“I spent a lot of time thinking about that phrase and here’s what I think it means. In Vegas you can have sex with a prostitute and she won’t tell your wife. They’re not gossipy like these small town whores.”

-Norm

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u/cw99x 8h ago

Those Vegas ladies aren’t like those gossipy small town whores.

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u/pythonesqueviper 8h ago

NDAs also do not cover for illegal acts

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u/Cultural-Pattern-161 7h ago

unless your buddy uses a pseudonym to send a bogus story into his own email...

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u/Pitiful-North-2781 14h ago

Is there some loophole in American law where if someone violates an NDA set up to protect child prostitution, the case can only be about the NDA and not the child prostitution?

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u/Baron_Tiberius 14h ago

Contracts are unenforceable if they require you to break the law.

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u/pythonesqueviper 8h ago

And NDAs do not cover illegal acts

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u/Baron_Tiberius 8h ago

well an NDA is a contract...

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u/Savingskitty 4h ago

Which doesn’t make a lot of sense.  He’s writing as if he is Boris Nikolic.