Posted on 05/09/2021 10:24:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The split between Bill and Melinda Gates, announced last week, has been in the works for a long time.
Ms. Gates consulted with divorce lawyers roughly two years before she filed for divorce from Mr. Gates, saying their marriage was “irretrievably broken,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The 56-year-old philanthropist has been working with lawyers at several firms since at least 2019 to unwind the marriage of more than 25 years, according to these people and the documents.
Last Monday, the billionaire couple announced they were ending their marriage. In a joint statement posted on Twitter, they said, “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”
The couple hasn’t said what prompted the split. One source of concern for Ms. Gates was her husband’s dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the people and a former employee of their charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ms. Gates’s concerns about the relationship dated as far back as 2013, the former employee said.
The couple negotiated their divorce throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the documents show. They have three children who are all now 18 years or older, the divorce filing shows. The youngest is a senior in high school.
According to the documents reviewed by the Journal, Ms. Gates and her advisers held a number of calls in October 2019 when the New York Times reported that Mr. Gates had met with Mr. Epstein on numerous occasions. Mr. Gates once stayed late into the night at Mr. Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, the Times reported.
Bridgitt Arnold, a spokeswoman for Mr. Gates, said in 2019 that the software mogul and Mr. Epstein had met multiple times to discuss philanthropy.
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Nice pay day for the lawyers and the Missus.
He just went to Epstein’s house to talk sports.
Bill liked thos kids for intamate relations?
That means he was being extorted.
Only the FBI knows for sure, They are sitting on the evidence
and they are afraid that Maxwell will release all of what she has, whichi is why she is moldering away in lock up, with no prospect of a trial, the last thiing the FBI wants is a trial.They just want her to shut up forever. Maxwell is lucky to be alive.
Gates ,Clinton Prince Andrew and many famous men are implicated.
The unanswered question is who was Epstein working for? The Chinese, the Israelis, Iran, the CIA ? No one seems to know.
I have to say that Melinda is a good actress and a loyal team player. Judging from their conduct when appearing together for speeches and interviews, I would never have known there were serious problems since at least 2013.
But then, I never really paid that much attention to the Gates, me not being that interested in computers in the first place.
Maybe she wanted to keep it going at least until the youngest child was about done with high school.
Back in 2005 Epstein pled guilty in Florida to procuring a child for prostitution. He served more than a year in custody. When any decent person would want to come near him after that is beyond me.
So I suppose the folks in that picture just aren’t decent people.
Seems likely. She wanted her youngest child to have a somewhat normal "childhood". Now she's 18. So that's why it's over now.
The price of thinking with your crotch is high.
Maybe she wanted to keep it going at least until the youngest child was about done with high school.
Maybe she kept the sham marriage going until they could navigate their foundation’s future....pending any implications/involvment/indictments of Bill’s affiliations with Epstein.
Gates looks in that pic like he dumped a whole bottle of Grecian Formula on his head. Bizarre.
Fred Nerks indicated that the divorce may be a way to shelter Bills estate from the coming legal storms.
I think Fred is spot on!
Please tell me that’s not Piers Morgan standing second from the left! The Brits would never let it go.
Like it’s going to matter to either of them. Bill will have a new girlfriend in no time flat. And Melinda can go live in her 1500 square foot dream home and find ways to fund more liberal causes with her billions.
Sounds like they will both be happier with the outcome, so literally no one cares, except the conspiracy theory nutjobs.
Hi.
I wonder if Ms. Maxwell will be called to testify in the divorce proceedings?
Would be fun to watch.
5.56mm
Larry Summers
Compromised!!! Who spends hours with Epstein (whose job it was to hook up the powerful with underaged girls to own them) and didn’t get offered some jailbait???
Bill was probably just looking for help from Epstein on where he could plug into a Port and do some Downloading.........nothing to see here folks.
He was likely working for all of them as a freelancer.
"Need someone blackmailed? Call 1-800-EPS-TEIN and ask for Jeffrey. We serve government and civilian clients and serve up both as well. You don't pay unless we deliver."
Bill Gates didn’t kill himself. You heard it here first.
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