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Q Did you consider Mr. Epstein to be a dear friend? A No. I considered him to be what I've just described. I considered him to be somebody that I had known for a long time, enjoyed his entourage of people in a lot of different fields. I appreciated the work he had done with my family office, and I was in the spirit of what was asked of me, which was a festive occasion for the 50th birthday of a confirmed bachelor, and that was the spirit that I wrote this in. No, I told you before I didn't consider him my best friend or a dear friend. Was I friendly with him in terms of the amount of time I went over and met people at his townhouse? Yes, I was. Q Your words, Mr. Leon, say that you called him a dear friend. So do you sign birthday letters to all of your business associates with love and kisses, dear friend? A Sometimes. Q Okay. Tell me about your first interaction with . A I met her at a party in New York. Nothing through Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein didn't know her. She didn't know Jeffrey Epstein. So I met her at a different party in the city. Q Who introduced you? A She was at the party. Q Whose party? A A man named Don Engel, who had been a partner at Drexel. Q How did he know ? A I have no idea. He threw a party every year for independence day for Russian women, or something like that, and had a party of friends, and she was there and I chatted with her. Q Where is she from? A She was from Russia, from Tatarstan.