A real court hearing involving Bill Gates, former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other defendants took place in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, on 22 October 2026. However, the case is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal trial, and the serious accusations against the defendants have not been established as facts by the court.
It is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal prosecution. Gates has not been criminally indicted in this case. The court previously ruled that it had jurisdiction to hear the civil claim; that ruling did not establish that the allegations were true.
The genocide allegation remains an allegation. Some claimants have used terms such as “genocide” and described COVID-19 vaccines as biological weapons. These are claims made by the plaintiffs, not findings that the court has established. No final judgment was reported in the sources reviewed.
Bottom line: The court case is real, but the headline exaggerates what it means. A court hearing allegations does not mean those allegations have been proven, and the case should not be presented as a criminal prosecution for genocide. https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36MK7B4?utm_source=chatgpt.com