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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB J8RPEPS2 Document 53 _—Filed 09/03/19 Page 36 of 86 36 1 ife, as a victim. I don't like that word, but I still feel 2 like I am learning the ways that he's impacted me as a complex 3 situation, but he was also a major part of my life. As 4 destructive as that relationship was and as much of a villain 5) as we have created him to be —- based on facts we've created 6 him to be a villain -- he's a complex villain and actually all 7 of that is irrelevant. Anybody deserves -- an investigation is 8 the right thing to do. Like, we do need to know how he died. 9 It felt like a whole new trauma all over again, and I 10 don't know why, you know, becaus 'm trying to defend 11 myself against him at this point in my life, but it still does 12 not feel good. It didn't feel good to wake up that morning and 13 find out that he had allegedly committed suicide. Okay. But 14 also wanted to say to the press, I'm reading -- I read my story 15 in the paper. I read so many other girls' stories that are so 16 similar to my own, and everything that's been focused on is not 17 the most important part of it. 18 There was -- the problem with focusing on these, the 19 facts of the situation, that were out of the ordinary and like 20 because he was such a grand person, and it was just a unique 21 situation. I know that that's the more interesting side of the 22 story, but I don't want to be used as entertainment. And the 23 problem, the fundamental problem of the whole situation is the 24 element of exploitation and coercion, and these are things that 25 so many girls can relate to. SOUTH BERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000674