It was to be launched 19 January 2013, but the African state of Gabon, which controls the .ga domain, cancelled the me.ga name on 6 November 2012. [specify][126] An immediate appeal was lodged by Dotcom's lawyer. Better late than never! They shared it alongside an ultrasound of the baby. [151] Dotcom was already in the process of recording the album with friend and producer, Printz Board (who wrote Yes We Can for Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign), when he was arrested. [146] He said that he had hacked Sudanese bank accounts belonging to Osama Bin Laden and offered a $10 million reward for information leading to Osama's capture on his now-defunct kimble.org site. Dotcom's bank accounts were frozen denying him access to 64 bank accounts world-wide, including BNZ and Kiwibank accounts in New Zealand, government bonds and money from numerous PayPal accounts. Pure happiness. Right, Ms Donnelly's new boyfriend, Kim Dotcom. Dotcom posted bail and has been going through legal proceedings ever since to avoid extradition to the United States. [12][134], As of May 2022[update], Dotcom continued fighting his extradition, with no end to the legal battle in sight. All products are independently selected, tested or recommended by our team of experts. He's remarried to Elizabeth Donnelly, now Liz Dotcom, and the couple are expecting a child - his sixth and her first. Kim Dotcom and Donnelly, who is 21 years younger than the internet mogul, have been together for two years. This was the same year that Dotcom founded The Internet Party, and attempted to get into government with the promise of free internet. Dotcom argued in the Court of Appeal that there had been judicial miscarriage, but the court ruled in favour of the GCSB. The comments below have been moderated in advance. In an earlier interview, Dotcom said: "I'm in love. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Elizabeth, a 22-year-old student from Auckland, has been seeing Dotcom, 43, since 2016. Thanks to her new 16m Harry Potter TV deal, it's JK Rowling who's having the last laugh over Scientists discover what happens seconds before you die - activity in the brain and heart RAMPS UP, Trendy hard floors could be to blame for your foot pain (and there is a simple way to stop it). [46], As a teenager, Schmitz acquired a reputation in his native Germany after saying that he had bypassed the security of NASA, the Pentagon and Citibank under the name of Kimble, derived from Richard Kimble, a character in the 1963 TV series The Fugitive.