Was Bill Gates indicted over COVID-19 vaccine safety lies?
Was Bill Gates indicted in the Netherlands for lying to the public about the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Republished from: TECHARP
Claim: Bill Gates was indicted over COVID-19 vaccine safety lies!
People are sharing articles and videos which claim or suggest that Bill Gates was indicted in the Netherlands for lying to the public about the COVID-19 vaccine!
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Truth: Bill Gates was not indicted over COVID-19 vaccine safety lies!
This appears to be yet another example of fake news created/promoted by anti-vaccine proponents, and here are the reasons why…
Bill Gates was not indicted in the Netherlands
Let me start by pointing out that Bill Gates was not indicted in the Netherlands for any crime, never mind indicted for lying about the COVID-19 vaccine!
If that actually happened, it would have been reported widely by the reputable media outlets across the world, and sparked outrage on social media. Yet, none of that happened. It’s not because there is a gag order on mainstream media, or the mainstream media is covering it up. It’s simply because Bill Gates was not indicted in the Netherlands for any crime!
Unsurprisingly, none of those making these claims actually provided any evidence Bill Gates has been indicted of any crime in the Netherlands.
It was a civil lawsuit
It is not possible for Bill Gates to be indicted in the Netherlands, because he has never been formally accused by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) of committing any crime. Only the OM can investigate and prosecute criminal offences in the Netherlands.
Bill Gates was only named in a civil lawsuit by seven Dutch citizens, together with 14 other respondents, including former Dutch Prime Minister (and current NATO Secretary General) Mark Rutte, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, and the Dutch government itself.
To be clear – Bill Gates was not accused of any crime by the OM, and has not been indicted in the Netherlands.
De Telegraaf did not say Bill Gates was indicted in the Netherlands
Some referred to a 16 October 2024 news report by De Telegraaf, as “evidence” that Bill Gates was indicted in the Netherlands for a crime. That’s not accurate.
The truth is – De Telegraaf only reported that a Dutch court ruled that it had “jurisdiction” over Bill Gates in that civil lawsuit. It never said that Gates was indicted of any crime.
LEEUWARDEN – The lawsuit against businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates continues. He is being accused of “vaccine damage” caused by coronavirus vaccines by a Dutch group of coronavirus skeptics. Gates had objected because, in his opinion, the judges were not competent (did not have jurisdiction), but the court in Leeuwarden ruled on Wednesday that it does have jurisdiction.
A group has taken former Prime Minister Mark Rutte, former Minister Hugo de Jonge, and several members of the Outbreak Management Team, which advised the government, to court. Because Bill Gates’ foundation was involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, he has also been summoned. According to the judges, the claims against all people are interconnected, and it is therefore “efficient” to assess the claims jointly.
Nowhere in De Telegraaf was it reported that Bill Gates was accused by the OM of any crime, much less indicted for it. So why are some people claiming that Bill Gates was indicted in the Netherlands? Where is their evidence?
Dutch court only ruled on jurisdiction
While some people are proclaiming the ruling as some kind of victory for the anti-vaccine movement, that is simply not the case. The Dutch court has not even heard the main case. It only ruled on the issue of “jurisdiction”, as the 16 October 2024 court finding (PDF) explained.
4.1. Gates claims that the court, by judgment, provisionally enforceable to the extent possible:
i. declare itself incompetent to hear the claims of et al. with respect to Gates;[…]
4.2. Gates has – briefly and factually stated – based the claim on the following. According to the main rule of the general international law of jurisdiction, the court of the place of residence of the defendant party has jurisdiction to hear the dispute. Because Gates does not reside in the Netherlands, the court cannot derive jurisdiction from this main rule.
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5.l. The dispute in this incident revolves around the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to hear the claims instituted by [redacted] et al. against Gates in the main proceedings. Gates resides in the United States.
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5.6. Article 7 paragraph 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that if the Dutch court has jurisdiction over one of the defendants, it also has jurisdiction over other defendants involved in the same proceedings, provided that there is such a connection between the claims against the various defendants that reasons of expediency justify joint proceedings.
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5.13. Based on the foregoing, this court has international jurisdiction to hear the claims against Gates on the basis of Article 7 paragraph l Rv.
To be clear – the Dutch court did not rule on whether Bill Gates and the other defendants were right or wrong in the at civil lawsuit.
It only ruled that it has jurisdiction over Bill Gates, even though he does not reside in the Netherlands, because under Dutch law, “if the Dutch court has jurisdiction over one of the defendants, it also has jurisdiction over other defendants” if the claims are similar or connected enough to “justify joint proceedings“.
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