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Although, it did, I assume, trigger the divorce which will cost him a couple billion dollars

If his wife is divorcing him because he's cheating on her, the divorce was inevitable anyway.

Nah. The public nature and embarrassment of the reveal may be a factor, as plenty of marriages survive cheating - and there are plenty of cheaters who don't get caught.

Timestamps on the photos could show Bezos’ affair taking place earlier than previously stated, which would definitely affect a divorce trial.

Washington State is a “no fault” divorce state, so I would guess that the court wouldn't care about who was cheating on who when.

Then all the more kudos to Jeff for doing this.

Taken from the point of view of the divorce court, this is a LOT more ammo for his soon-to-be-ex-wife and her side. These photos are very soon to hit the greater web/papers and WILL be used against him in the proceedings.

You are correct, this decision by him to speak out is likely to cost him Billions.

Why should his wife get more or less than half of their common property (Washington is a community property state) regardless of who had an affair with who? They're both multi-billionaires and will live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

I don't think it works that way. You can't get the majority of someone's fortune because of bad behavior.

I think they are pretty mature about their divorce. I'd assume they just split things in half, because they built it together anyways. Seems pretty straight forward - I doubt their will be any public drama.

They are in Washington state. It is a no-fault state and property is split 50/50. Photos don't matter.

Oh, my bad! Thanks for the clarification!

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