Bill Richardson’s Name Removed from University of New Mexico Hospital |
The University of New Mexico Hospital removed former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s name from one of its buildings, but insisted it had nothing to do with Richardson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The University of New Mexico Hospital has quietly removed former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s name from one of its buildings amid allegations that he and Jeffrey Epstein kept in close contact years after the financier was convicted of sex crimes. However, according to UNMH officials, his ties to Epstein had nothing to do with the removal of Richardson and his wife Barbara’s names from the hospital signage and website. “When UNM Hospital opened the Critical Care Tower in 2025, it provided an opportunity to update and standardize exterior signage across the campus,” said UNM Hospital spokesperson Chris Ramirez. He added, “To improve wayfinding for patients and families, several changes were made, including renaming the building formerly known as the ‘Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion.'” When asked why UNMH removed the mention of the Richardsons from its website, Ramirez said the university was “in the process of updating websites, interior signage, internal communications, patient-facing communications, etc.” to align with the new naming convention. …Richardson, in a Bloomberg interview, said that he had never met Giuffre and all allegations against him were untrue. He added that he had never seen Epstein with underage girls. In 2019, a spokesperson for Richardson said the former governor had only visited Epstein’s ranch once, in 2012. But files released this year by the U.S. Department of Justice showed that Richardson arranged to meet with Epstein numerous times both before and after Epstein’s 2008 conviction in Florida on sex charges. In emails dated as early as 2011, assistants of Epstein and Richardson emailed back and forth to coordinate phone calls and meetings.
The University of New Mexico Hospital has quietly removed former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s name from one of its buildings amid allegations that he and Jeffrey Epstein kept in close contact years after the financier was convicted of sex crimes.
However, according to UNMH officials, his ties to Epstein had nothing to do with the removal of Richardson and his wife Barbara’s names from the hospital signage and website.
“When UNM Hospital opened the Critical Care Tower in 2025, it provided an opportunity to update and standardize exterior signage across the campus,” said UNM Hospital spokesperson Chris Ramirez.
He added, “To improve wayfinding for patients and families, several changes were made, including renaming the building formerly known as the ‘Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion.'”
When asked why UNMH removed the mention of the Richardsons from its website, Ramirez said the university was “in the process of updating websites, interior signage, internal communications, patient-facing communications, etc.” to align with the new naming convention.
…Richardson, in a Bloomberg interview, said that he had never met Giuffre and all allegations against him were untrue. He added that he had never seen Epstein with underage girls. In 2019, a spokesperson for Richardson said the former governor had only visited Epstein’s ranch once, in 2012.
But files released this year by the U.S. Department of Justice showed that Richardson arranged to meet with Epstein numerous times both before and after Epstein’s 2008 conviction in Florida on sex charges. In emails dated as early as 2011, assistants of Epstein and Richardson emailed back and forth to coordinate phone calls and meetings.
Now, it’s not just that Richardson was friends with Epstein for years after Epstein pled guilty to “felony solicitation of prostitution and, pursuant to the [non-prosecution agreement], to a criminal information charging him with procurement of minors to engage in prostitution,” or that one of Epstein’s accusers also accused Richardson of sexual misconduct. It’s that back in 2019, Madeleine Mahony, director of media relations for Richardson’s office issued a statement declaring, “Governor Richardson has never been to Mr. Epstein’s residence in the Virgin Islands.”
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That was a lie. “Emails and flight logs show the two carried on a relationship in the intervening years, planning meetings at Zorro Ranch, Epstein’s Manhattan home and elsewhere. Richardson visited the private island — where Epstein was accused of sexually abusing numerous girls — in 2010, records indicate.” When one of your categorical denials turns out to be false, people start to wonder about the truthfulness of the other denials.
Bill Richardson passed away in 2023.