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Epstein as family to you. What did that mean? A I use warm language both in a personal capacity as well as a professional capacity. I referred to many colleagues and people I worked with as friends. So I don't -- I didn't find that particularly unique. Q You reference to everyone you have a business relationship with as family? A I didn't say I reference everyone I had business with as family. Q No, I asked if you referenced. A So the answer to that question would be no. Q So why Mr. Epstein? A Again, he was one of the people I dealt with in business that was particularly helpful on a number of levels and transactions. And so I believe the first person to reference a family issue was him referencing to me. I think I was just being accommodating to what he was doing. Q You've already referenced Mr. Epstein did communicate with your daughter. Did he have a relationship with all of your family members? A No, just principally me and my eldest daughter. Q Did you get the impression that your family liked him? A Again, my second daughter had no interaction with him really, and my wife had very limited interaction with him. Q What was the nature of your daughter's relationship with Mr. Epstein? A She was getting -- she was in the process of getting a Ph.D. in physics. Epstein was very engaged, it seemed or it appeared, in the scientific community, internationally, and in the academic community, particularly with Columbia and Harvard. Q Did they frequently communicate without your knowledge? A No, I don't think so. [Staley Majority Exhibit No. 1.