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Gateway cofounder detailed his romantic relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell in House testimony
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Gateway cofounder detailed his romantic relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell in House testimony

The Guardian · May 14, 2026, 4:09 PM

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Transcripts reveal billionaire Ted Waitt’s relationship with Epstein accomplice and $7.2m breakup payout Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Ted Waitt, the billionaire cofounder of the Gateway computer company, told lawmakers during a closed-door interview that he was in a romantic relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell from 2004 to 2010, but said that “if I knew then what I know now about Ms Maxwell, I never would’ve befriended her or allowed her to be around my four children”, according to a transcript of his testimony released by the House oversight and reform committee.“I never would’ve spent six years in a romantic relationship with her,” Waitt said in his opening statement before the committee on 30 April, according to the transcript released on Wednesday. His testimony provided new details about his relationship with Maxwell, and he also disputed Maxwell’s previous statements that their relationship ended after a mysterious blackmail attempt related to Epstein’s civil cases. Continue reading...

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