Melinda Gates recently said that she won’t be seeking spousal support from Bill Gates.
However, she’s, allegedly, trying to change her initial decision amid her ongoing divorce battle with Bill Gates.
According to Globe, Melinda won’t be the one to benefit from the changes that she’s trying to employ. Rather, it’s her three children.
During a previous interview, Bill said that he doesn’t want to leave his three children with so much money even though he has billions. After all, he wants most of his net worth to go to the charities and causes that he supports.
Melinda Gates trying to challenge Bill Gates in their divorce
He also said that he will be giving each of his three children $10 million. However, a source for the tabloid claimed that Melinda thinks that this isn’t enough.
“She’s added well-known trust and estate lawyers to her legal team, indicating she’s angling to change the inheritance of the couple’s three children. Now that Melinda is in control, maybe she wants to leave more to her children. She may be like every other woman protecting her children,” the source said.
Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein friendship
Meanwhile, the tabloid also claimed that Melinda first consulted with her lawyers about divorcing Bill in 2019 after the billionaire visited Jeffrey Epstein.
After learning that her then-husband was close to Epstein, Melinda started seeing red flags again.
Prior to this, Melinda also found out about Bill’s indiscretions throughout their marriage. And this was of the reasons why she decided to file for divorce from Bill on May 3.
The billionaire’s affairs
According to the source, Bill Gates has always been open about his affairs. But the first people that he shared the news with was with his golf buddies.
“Bill did talk to his close friends on the golf course. He told them a while back that the marriage had been over for some time and they were living separate lives,” the source said.
However, Melinda still hasn’t released a statement about changing her children’s inheritance. So, there’s no way for a tabloid to know all this information about the proceedings.
It is also important to note that Bill Gates and Melinda’s divorce is a private matter so only a few information has been released to the press.
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