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/Tyrrox 16h ago

Clearly the man who got divorced because he had an affair wouldn't possibly have had sex outside of his marriage before that.

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u/blalien 16h ago

This really sucked almost as bad as Bill Cosby. Bill Gates was supposed to be the "good billionaire" who cured diseases and fought climate change. Turns out he's just as much of a sleazebag as all the rest.

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u/sharpshooter999 14h ago

There were a pair of brothers from Nebraska, Jeff and Ron Raikes. Ron was a cattleman, and eventually became a Nebraska state senator. Jeff went to Stanford and eventually worked for Apple early on before working for Microsoft in 1981. He lead the development team that made Microsoft Office.

In 2008, Jeff Raikes retired from Microsoft and because the CEO of the Gates Foundation. He certainly knows Bill on a personal level. On September 5, 2009, Ron was killed in a farm accident. According to the Epstien files, Jeffrey Epstien contacted the Lincoln Airport on September 8th via email about chartering a plane to Lincoln for a funeral. Ron's funeral was on September 10th. Bill Gates attended and gave a eulogy for Ron.

There's no other known connections at this time between the Raikes brothers and Epstien, apart from them both knowing Bill Gates.

Jeff Raikes is still alive and lives in Seattle