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A He was not involved in the negotiation. He was somebody that I told I was being blackmailed and extorted to, as well as to my lawyers at Paul, Weiss. Q $21.7 million seems like an awful lot for an extramarital affair. What was it precisely you did not wish for her to disclose? A That we were having an affair. I had a wife and children and was the chair of a public company. I agree with you it was a lot of money. It was a lot less than the $100 million that she started with. And I viewed it as total blackmail and extortion but didn't want it to be public, and so we negotiated a settlement. Q And you sought Mr. Epstein's advice in navigating this NDA? A I don't think how much he advised me. I don't need somebody to advise me on how to negotiate, but I did talk to him about being extorted. I mean, he was handling my estate. $100 million would have had an effect on the estate, and so he was aware of it, as was Paul, Weiss. Q Did Mr. Epstein have experience navigating NDAs that caused you to speak with him about this? A I don't know whether he had any experience on NDAs. He was not my NDA adviser. Q And can you list the two other women that you have NDAs with that you mentioned you would speak about? A Well, one is a woman named , and the other is someone I'm happy to talk about, but there's no NDA involved, and that's -- I think her name is still confidential and sealed. But all three of these women were clients of a firm called Wigdor who disgracefully brought charges that were totally fabricated and bogus against me. Q What are the terms of your NDA with ?