Returning to the subject in her interview with The Guardian, Melinda Gates said she had always “spoken my truth about what I experienced” regarding Epstein. “He was an abhorrent human being, a horrid man, and so in these situations — this is a hard topic for me, you need to know that — my heart goes out to the young girls,” she said. “I just spoke my truth, which is that they deserve some peace, and they deserve some justice.”