Bill Gates's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, possible cause of divorce with Melinda
This is how the New York newspaper 'The Wall Street Journal' publishes it
Melinda Gates had been looking for and consulting lawyers for two years - since 2019 - to divorce her husband, Bill Gates, although the announcement of the breakup did not occur until last week, published the newspaper 'The Wall Street Journal' (WSJ ).
The New York newspaper cited "people familiar with the matter" and legal documents consulted by journalists from the newspaper that point out that divorce was something that had been brewing for a long time, with the first contacts with lawyers produced in 2019.
Bill and Melinda Gates, goodbye to 27 years of marriage
The Gates announced on Monday of last week that they were divorcing, after more than 27 years of relationship in which they founded one of the most important charities in the world.
The next day, the US media revealed the content of the documents of the divorce petition, presented by Melinda, in which she assured that the marriage is "irretrievably broken", that "spousal support is not necessary" and that the pact of separation will determine the division of its properties. The Gates have three children, all of whom are now of legal age.
Bill Gates's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, possible cause of divorce
According to the Journal, one of the issues that could have precipitated the breakup is the relationship between Bill and the late disgraced mogul Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in prison precisely in 2019.
Epstein had been arrested after he was accused of sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of teenage girls both at his Manhattan (New York) mansion and at his Palm Beach (Florida) residence and his property in the Virgin Islands.
According to the US press, Bill Gates had meetings with Epstein on several occasions and on one of them he stayed late at his New York mansion.
