Bill Gates Abruptly Cancels Big Event After Epstein Files Bombshells [View all]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Feb. 19 2026 6:09AM EST
Published Feb. 19 2026 6:02AM EST


Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has pulled out of a major tech summit just hours before he was due to deliver a flagship speech amid fresh scrutiny of his ties to pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

“After careful consideration, and to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit’s key priorities, Mr. Gates will not be delivering his keynote address,” the Gates Foundation said in a statement issued shortly before its chair was due to speak at Thursday’s event in India.

The tech tycoon has consistently denied as “false” new allegations contained in the Justice Department’s latest release of case files on Epstein’s crimes.

Draft emails from that cache, seemingly addressed from the disgraced financier to himself and dated well after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor, show Epstein writing about facilitating “sex with Russian girls” on Gates’ behalf.

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