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be N Ww ws Oo OY ~] oO WO a oO = be N Ww = Hs Oo a OY a ~] a oO a Ke) 20 21 22 23 24 25 Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE LC1Omax6 Q. threaten to reveal Document 745 Filed 08/10/22 Jane - Redirect When you spoke with that reporter, your identity publicly if did with him? A. Q. A. Q. Yes. Yes. Page 197 of 264 608 that reporter you wouldn't speak Is that why you spoke with the reporter? make sure your identity wasn't revealed? Did you make an agreement with the reporter in order to A. Yes. Q. And what was that agreement? A. The agreement was to briefly discuss only how I had met Jeffrey Epstein. Q. And in exchange for doing that, what did the reporter agree to do? A. He promised to keep my name anonymous. Q. Did the reporter keep your name anonymous? A. Yes. Q. Was that important to you at the time? A. Yes. Q. Why was that so important to you? A. It was important because I was -- I was scared. I was embarrassed, ashamed. I didn't want anybody to know any of this about me. I wanted to stay out of it. —- I'm working on a TV show, and I didn't want everybody to know that that was me and associate me with any of this, and so I desperately did SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00012217