EFTA00154567.pdf

Exhibit F EFTA00154567  The Honorable Alison J. Nathan United States District Court Southern District ofNew York United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007 November 23" 2020 Your I lonor: This statement is in suosuAGlighuntlyi — • nitrannutcstithalia sjial wacia My name is I am resident in I have known Ghislaine since 1979 when she was years o ring at er am y ome in Oxford. At that time, when we first met, my first impression was the same as it remains now, that she is extraordinarily vivacious, friendly and intelligent. She has her father's charisma and has a genuine warmth. She was then diligently working for her final years of school exams to achieve her place at Oxford University, which she succeeded in. Throughout the last couple of years, she has been in touch as she was based in Joined a large family event hosted by Ghislaine and her husband in which she was very hospitable and obviously very much at home and in love. We all met her new family, and extended family, . Prior to this, at various points in the lives ofmy children, as they have expressed a desire to see New York, Ghislaine has welcomed them, hosted them, and entertained them with friends and their children. At no time did I have any hesitation about them making those trips. The older children would have been in their early teens at that time. I recall when we all descended on her home in Manhattan in 2011. She was extremely busy with her philanthropic work that was very important to her regarding the Oceans and marine conservation, and her work took her to presentations at the UN and TED talks, I believe. It has been clear for many years that Ghislaine regards the US as her home, retaining her London house as a place to stay on return visits to see family and visit her mother (who EFTA00154568 died in 2013). In recent yea:s she has not been in the UK at all, I believe, for any length of time. She is a person who my children always regard ed as sparkling and engaging, and dedicated to her oceans conservation work and other business projects. I would describe her as a woman of principle; very discipl ined with an extraordinary work ethic, instilled by both her parents. She is the youngest of seven surviving siblings. all of whom are close and all of whom. have the same work ethic and integrity. I have at no point given any credence to the ridiculo us and defamatory statements in the press about her being in hiding from law enforcement; this has never been the case. She would just like an opportunity to prepare her defence in an appropriate manner. I am totally confident that Ghislaine will appear in court as required, and lain prepared to sign a bond in the amount of 53.5 million in suppor t of her bad application. amount represents the value ofeffectively all of If I lost asse ause is acne violated the conditions ofher tense, I would be financially ruined. I make this pledge without reservation becaus e I know that Ghislaine will remain in the United States to face the charges against her, which she vehemently denies. Yours sincerely EFTA00154569