UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT NEW YORK¶
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JANE DOE 43,¶
17-4:v-00616-R iK¶
Plaintiff,¶
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JEFFREY EPSTEIN GHISLAINE MAXWELL, LESLEY GROFF, AND NATALYA¶
Defendant.¶
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DECLARATION OF JOHN E. STEPHENSON. JR.¶
I, John E. Stephenson, Jr., declare as follows pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746:¶
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I am an attorney-at-law duly admitted to practice pro hac vice before the Southern District of New York in this matter. I am a partner with the law finn of Alston & Bird LLP, which has an office at 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. I represent in the above-captioned case.
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I submit this Declaration based upon my personal knowledge, information, and belief, in support of Complaint. Supplemental Motion to Dismiss the Amended
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Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the May 15, 2017 pre-motion letter that I sent to Plaintiff's counsel. That letter served to identify and discuss the deficiencies in the January 26, 2017 Complaint.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the April 10, 2009 New York Times article titled "Keeping Up With Being Kept" The article can be accessed online at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/magazine/12sugardaddies-t.html. The last time that I accessed the article online was earlier today.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the above facts are true and correct.¶
Executed this 26th day of January, 2018.¶
/s/ John E. Stephenson, Jr. John E. Stephenson, Jr.¶