

I honestly don’t know the full extent of the accusations against Gates. But more generally, even if the people involved were adults, how do we know it wasn’t criminal? How do we know the women were involved consensually? And for those that did “consent”, how do we know it wasn’t due to coercion and the enormous wealth and power imbalances at play? The pictures of Gates released with one of the previous dumps sure don’t make it look like everyone was happy to be there with him… obviously a lot of this is speculation, but I’m weary of using the logic of adult = not criminal activity.


The question does not state that anyone is guilty, it merely asks, “Is there evidence that could prove this person guilty that maybe we should consider?” Presumption of innocence does not mean you can’t investigated or accused, it means you can’t be convicted.