## JAMES PATTERSON

FILI

paying a large sum of money. And that I was named as an effort to try to show the billionaire what could happen to somebody if they were accused of sexual misconduct. And that would encourage him to settle a lawsuit or pay money in exchange for his name not being mentioned or revealed. I had no idea about this. And I didn't-I didn't ask about this. She just stated this. And I then corroborated the fact that she was absolutely correct in everything she had said to me.

Q: You corroborated the fact that she was absolutely correct in everything that she had said to you?

A: That's right.

## Q: How?

A: Okay. Let me answer that question. I was very-I wasn't sure, so I called Leslie Wexner. I got his wife on the phone, Abigail Wexner. Obviously I knew that the only billionaire in Colum- bus, Ohio, who owned Limited Too and who owned Victoria's Secret was Leslie Wexner. I had met Leslie Wexner on two occasions, I think, and his wife. I called Abigail on the phone and I said, "I think you ought to know that there is an extor- tion plot being directed against your husband by unscrupu- lous lawyers in―in Florida." And she said, "Oh, we're aware of that; they've already been in contact with us," which sur- prised me. But [her statement] was confirmation of that. I then also I can't give you the chronology of that. I then was - in touch with ABC and found out she was absolutely correct about her efforts to try to get interviewed on ABC television. In fact, I learned that your client, Brad Edwards, had sent a communication to people in the area urging them to watch her interview that was scheduled to be on three television programs. If I'm not mistaken, it was [the] Good Day Show,

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Q: Let's see if we can make sure another, sir. Do you recognize between Virginia Roberts actually abused by you on multiple name you as opposed to Virginia you and never having been those two things different in A: Not in the context of this case that she was going to seek justice for abuse her. And if she didn't then inference is inescapable that that she had had any sexual tainly the inference I drew...

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