Apparently old Bill was a whore and stripper monger hosting parties at his house with naked girls in the swimming pool, inviting various male employees to enjoy the festivities, going back quite a ways. And he trolled the Microsoft ranks for women willing to trade sex for career advancement.

Money and power will always get women, but it is hard to imagine a woman that would actually be attracted to him on his own without all that money. Now he's being called a "womanizer" but it's hard to imagine him fitting that reputation except by using his money to buy affection or his power to promise them success at Microsoft.

And now we find he was a friend of Epstein every after Epstein's conviction.

Before this is done he's going to end up another Harvey Weinstein. Just wait.

maybe he'll finally sit down to a thick steak.

Something else is going on.

He is getting screwed for an affair 21 years ago in the year 2000. (pun intended)

This is big time power politics.

I would say follow the money, but the people that can are not talking yet.

I don't believe in coincidences.

Wife's revenge?

Power grab at Microsoft?

Bill pissed someone off in Government or the Bilderberg Meeting?

This is just not #metoo from 21 years ago

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Something else is going on.

Score settling.

You don't get to be a multi billionaire by playing nice. He has pissed off a lot of people over many years who were afraid to ever say anything. They perceive he is weak right now and are taking the opportunity to settle the score. I'm sure that includes journalists and the media who felt slighted for one reason or another. The sharks are circling, look for more accusations and more stories to emerge.

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Something else is going on.
He is getting screwed for an affair 21 years ago in the year 2000. (pun intended)
This is just not #metoo from 21 years ago

I agree. This is big time power politics. When there's blood in the water the sharks can smell it.

But it's not just "an affair 21 years ago".
Bill Gates does not match the perfectly crafted image of Bill Gates. Plenty of people knew about it and once there was a crack in the dam...
My bet is that all of his money will not save him from dying a bitter man. He's not authentic and that eventually comes to haunt a man.

I wish him only the worst, and I mean that sincerely.

Revenge is a dish best served cold...

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I bet there was no prenup

They already announced the settlement agreement along with the no longer married announcement.
No real drama at this point and not my problem anyway.

Yep.

I don't care for their politics, but these people give away semi trucks full of money. There's no planet in the universe where I could see there being some financially messy divorce. We're talking about an amount of money that is absolutely unfathomable.

Tell that to Jeff Bezos.

Their divorce was finalized in about 90 days. He kept 75% of the wealth. She got $35 Billion. He still gets to be one of the two richest men in the world. I think that's about as good as it gets.

Hell, I'd have spent twenty years with the guy for way less.

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She got $35 Billion. He still gets to be one of the two richest men in the world. I think that's about as good as it gets.

Yep. Financially, I'm sure Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates will be just fine. Mentally and emotionally are another matter.
I don't know about Bezos, but Bill Gates is a strange dude. He really seems to think he can use all of his wealth to play God.

I'm convinced that Gates used to purposely create loopholes for viruses and had a deal with the anti-virus crowd

given what he is up to day, its business as usual

I wish him the worst that life could possibly bring him