Melinda Gates responds to Epstein allegations against ex-husband Bill Gates

Melinda French Gates has responded to allegations against her ex-husband Bill Gates and his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview with NPR's Wild Card podcast, Melinda French Gates addressed the mention of Bill Gates in the latest batch of Epstein files and the claim he contracted a sexually transmitted disease and sought to secretly give Melinda antibiotics. She says she believes that we are having a 'reckoning' and that she feels 'sadness' surrounding the allegations of child sex abuse. A spokesperson for Mr Gates denies the allegations and says they are "absolutely absurd and completely false".