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[11:00 a.m.] BY MR. SPECTRE: Q So again, I understand you did not receive this email, so I'll just begin to discuss the facts in the email. I've already asked you this, I asked you if you had been considering a divorce with Melinda in 2013. I'll ask it a different way, were you having a marital dispute of some kind with your then wife Melinda French Gates. A Well, certainly the fact that I told Melinda during this time frame about the two affairs, that was very distressing to her, but at that time there was no explicit mention of getting divorced. It may have occurred to Melinda at that point, but it was not a subject of discussion. Q But you were having a marital dispute at the time. Is that fair? A I wouldn't call it a marital dispute. You could say it was a marital crisis because she became aware of bad behavior on my part. Q Sure. Was this dispute that is referenced in this email -- or how about this -- A I have no idea. Q Sure. The discussions you had with Melinda at that time about your infidelity, were those ultimately relevant to your divorce in 2021? A You would have to ask her, but I imagine that they were, yes. Q How did Dr. Nikolic know of your marital -- of your dispute with Melinda? A I never discussed that topic with him. I did tell him that I -- she was aware of the affairs, and that I shared with her that he was also aware of the affairs. Q When did you tell Melinda about the affairs? A That would have been in the spring of 2013. Q And when did you tell Dr. Nikolic that you had told Melinda about the affairs? A Around the same time. Q Shortly thereafter?