🔴 SHE WAS CARRYING HIS CHILD — WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED HIM BETRAY HER. KRISTIN CABOT BREAKS HER SILENCE ON THE PAINFUL TRUTH BEHIND THE AFFAIR

KRISTIN CABOT SPEAKS: “I WAS CARRYING HIS CHILD — WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED HIM BETRAY ME”

By Jessica Langford | July 28, 2025 | The San Francisco Tribune

The world saw a fairy tale. She lived a nightmare.

Kristin Cabot, once hailed as the brilliant, soft-spoken force behind some of Silicon Valley’s most transformative non-profits, had kept her silence for over a year. Through headlines, gossip blogs, Twitter takedowns, and TikTok conspiracies, she never said a word—until now.

In an exclusive and emotional interview with The San Francisco Tribune, Kristin is finally pulling back the curtain on a betrayal so intimate—and so public—that it nearly broke her.

And the twist? When the scandal erupted, Kristin wasn’t just heartbroken.
She was pregnant.

THE AFFAIR THAT SHOCKED SILICON VALLEY

Last summer, tech mogul and venture capitalist Jackson Hayes—Kristin’s longtime partner of six years—was photographed exiting a private yacht off the Amalfi Coast, hand-in-hand with 26-year-old biotech heiress Marina Valente.

Within hours, tabloids across the globe ran the photos under headlines like “Silicon Valley’s Golden Boy Caught in Mediterranean Love Scandal.”

What the public didn’t know was that back home in Palo Alto, Kristin had just found out she was carrying Jackson’s child.

“I still remember the moment,” Kristin says, her voice trembling. “I was holding the pregnancy test in one hand and my phone in the other. A text from my friend had just come in: ‘You need to see this.’ It was the first photo of them together.”

BETRAYED IN REAL TIME

Kristin reveals she’d had no idea about the affair. “We weren’t perfect, but we were planning our future,” she says. “We were talking about baby names the week before he flew out for what he told me was a business retreat.”

That “business retreat” turned out to be a week-long romantic escape with Marina, the daughter of biotech billionaire Alessandro Valente.

What followed was an emotional collapse. “I sat on the bathroom floor for hours,” she says. “I couldn’t cry. I couldn’t move. I just kept thinking: How do you protect a baby from something like this?”

A PRIVATE JOY TURNED PUBLIC HUMILIATION

As the affair gained traction, so did public scrutiny. Bloggers speculated about Kristin’s silence. Influencers claimed she had “known all along.” Paparazzi camped outside her home.

“Every day, it felt like another part of my life was being stolen,” she says. “The pregnancy was supposed to be sacred. But now it felt contaminated by betrayal.”

Friends say Kristin became a recluse. She stopped attending charity events, turned down interviews, and paused all social media activity.

“She didn’t want to be seen as a victim,” says a close confidante. “She wanted to survive this with dignity, not pity.”

JACKSON’S RESPONSE — OR LACK THEREOF

Kristin tells us Jackson has never publicly acknowledged the affair—or the baby. Privately, it’s more complicated.

“He tried to contact me after the media storm settled,” she admits. “He said it was a ‘mistake.’ But what do you call it when someone knowingly humiliates you on the world stage? A lapse in judgment? A weekend of fun? I call it devastation.”

Sources close to Hayes claim he offered financial support and wanted to “co-parent.” Kristin, however, says her trust is irreparably broken.

“You can’t co-parent with someone who doesn’t even know how to apologize.”

THE BIRTH AND BEYOND

Kristin gave birth to a healthy baby girl in March 2025. She named her Clara—“because she brought clarity to my life, even in the darkest moments.”

She says motherhood has reshaped her. “I used to think strength was staying silent. Now I know it’s speaking up, even when your voice shakes.”

Since Clara’s birth, Kristin has slowly begun rebuilding her life. She’s returned to her foundation, launched a podcast focused on “resilience in the digital age,” and—perhaps most significantly—moved out of Silicon Valley.

“I needed to leave the shadows of his empire,” she explains. “Every street corner, every coffee shop—it reminded me of him. Of who I was when I didn’t know better.”

WHY SHE’S SPEAKING OUT NOW

So why break the silence?

“Because women deserve to know they’re not alone,” Kristin says. “Infidelity isn’t just a private wound anymore—it becomes entertainment. We get memed, dissected, laughed at. But behind every viral scandal is a woman trying to survive.”

She adds: “And maybe, by sharing my story, I can help the next woman hold her head a little higher.”

THE FUTURE—ON HER OWN TERMS

Kristin Cabot is no longer just the woman Jackson Hayes betrayed. She’s a mother, an advocate, and a survivor.

She has no interest in revenge. “I don’t want him back. I don’t want his apology. What I want is for women to stop being collateral damage in powerful men’s stories.”

And as for Clara?

“She’ll grow up knowing she was wanted. Fiercely. Loved deeply. Protected always,” Kristin says, tears in her eyes. “Even when the world was falling apart.”

ONE FINAL MESSAGE

As we wrap up, Kristin looks directly into the camera. “To anyone watching this and going through something similar: It is not your fault. You are not broken. And this pain? It will not define you.”

With those words, the woman the world once pitied becomes a voice the world needs to hear.