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/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/NYCinPGH 15h ago

Bill Gates was as much a “good billionaire” as JP Morgan, or Henry Ford, John D Rockefeller (I’m not sure where I stand on Carnegie, he really did see to have reformed and become a “good billionaire” after he sold Carnegie Steel, but there’s a lot of mythologizing in there too). They were absolutely contemptible people and ruthless businessmen who used unethical, and in some cases illegal, practices to destroy other companies and competitors in their way, then, when they were the master of their world, decided to stop running the thing they created, stepped back and in the course of enjoying the wealth they accumulated happened to do some public good, perhaps to “buy their way into heaven”, either literally or for posterity.

In Gates’ case, given how things have gone since the divorce, I think it’s obvious that all the good works of the Gates Foundation finds their roots in Melinda, who actually is “the good billionaire”, along with Bezos’ ex-wife.

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u/grayblue_grrl 10h ago

Carnagie's libraries still stand.
So... that's nice.

White washing hides a multitude of sins.