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    Mary L. Trump Affidavit

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    "I never believed that the Settlement Agreement resolving discrete financial disputes could possibly restrict me from telling the story of my life or publishing a book discussing anything contained in the Book, including the conduct and character of my uncle, the sitting President of the United States, during his campaign for re-election, my aunt Maryanne, a former federal judge, or my uncle Robert, a prominent public figure."

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    "I never believed that the Settlement Agreement resolving discrete financial disputes could possibly restrict me from telling the story of my life or publishing a book discussing anything contained in the Book, including the conduct and character of my uncle, the sitting President of the United States, during his campaign for re-election, my aunt Maryanne, a former federal judge, or my uncle Robert, a prominent public figure."

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    "I never believed that the Settlement Agreement resolving discrete financial disputes could possibly restrict me from telling the story of my life or publishing a book discussing anything contained in the Book, including the conduct and character of my uncle, the sitting President of the United States, during his campaign for re-election, my aunt Maryanne, a former federal judge, or my uncle Robert, a prominent public figure."

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    Mary L. Trump Affidavit

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    "I never believed that the Settlement Agreement resolving discrete financial disputes could possibly restrict me from telling the story of my life or publishing a book discussing anything contained in the Book, including the conduct and character of my uncle, the sitting President of the United States, during his campaign for re-election, my aunt Maryanne, a former federal judge, or my uncle Robert, a prominent public figure."

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    FILED: DUTCHESS COUNTY CLERK 07/02/2020 09:00 PM INDEX NO.

    2020-51585
    NYSCEF DOC. NO. 79 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/02/2020

    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK


    COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
    ------------------------------------ x
    ROBERT S. TRUMP, :
    : Index No. 2020-51585
    Plaintiff, :
    - against - : Hon. Hal B. Greenwald
    :
    MARY L. TRUMP and SIMON & SCHUSTER, :
    INC., :
    :
    Defendants. :
    :
    ------------------------------------ x

    AFFIDAVIT OF MARY L. TRUMP IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S


    MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
    ORDER

    COUNTY OF NASSAU )
    ) ss
    STATE OF NEW YORK )

    MARY L. TRUMP, being duly sworn, hereby deposes and says:

    1. My name is Mary L. Trump. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein

    unless otherwise noted and if called upon to testify would testify competently thereto.

    2. I am the granddaughter of Frederick C. Trump (Fred C. Trump Sr.) and Mary Anne

    Trump, and the daughter of Frederick C. Trump Jr. and Linda Trump. The current President of

    the United States, Donald Trump, is my uncle. Robert Trump, the Plaintiff here, is my uncle.

    Maryanne Trump Barry is my aunt. I have a brother, Frederick C. Trump III, whose wife is Lisa

    Trump.

    3. On March 23, 2000, I, along with Linda C. Trump, Lisa Trump, and Fred C. Trump

    III, filed objections to probate contending among other things that the will of my grandfather Fred

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    C. Trump Sr. was the product of undue influence and fraud, that the decedent lacked testamentary

    capacity or understanding to execute the instrument and that said will was not duly executed.

    4. After we filed objections to the will of Fred C. Trump, Donald, Robert, and

    Maryanne cut off health insurance coverage for me, Linda, Lisa and Fred III, along with Fred III’s

    children. We then commenced an action against Donald, Robert, and Maryanne, Apartment

    Management Associates, Inc., and Trump Management, Inc. relating to the cancellation of our

    health insurance.

    5. There was some media coverage of these disputes. See, e.g., Heidi Evans, Inside

    Trumps’ Bitter Battle Nephew’s Ailing Baby Caught in the Middle, New York Daily News,

    December 19, 2000. (Ex. 14 to the Champion Affirmation).

    6. On April 10, 2001, I, along with others, entered into the Settlement Agreement (Ex.

    1 to the Champion Affirmation) to resolve these disputes, as well as to resolve additional ongoing

    interests my brother and I had in the Trump real estate empire, as well as trusts created for us by

    our grandfather in 1976.

    7. In connection with the Settlement Agreement, I gave up those interests and released

    claims against the estate of my grandfather. In exchange, I was compensated as set forth in the

    Settlement Agreement. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, my aunt and uncles effectively

    “bought out” my interests in Trump-related assets.

    8. I am not currently receiving any form of financial compensation under or related

    to the Settlement Agreement.

    9. I last received financial compensation under or related to the Settlement Agreement

    on or about April 20, 2001.

    10. I am not due or owed any additional financial compensation or consideration of any

    kind pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.

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    11. None of the parties to the Settlement Agreement, including my uncles Donald

    Trump and Robert Trump, or my aunt Maryanne Trump, has ever sought my permission to speak

    publicly about our family or their personal relationships with me, my brother Fred, or among each

    other.

    12. I relied on the asset valuations provided to me in connection with the Settlement

    Agreement when I assented to it, and would not have assented to it had I believed those valuations

    were inaccurate, as I now understand them to be based on the special investigation done by the

    New York Times, the results of which were set forth in the Pulitzer-prize winning October 2, 2018

    New York Times article “Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His

    Father,” by Davis Barstow, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner. (Exhibit 18 to the Champion

    Affirmation). The New York Times’s detailed analysis and investigation revealed for the first time

    that the valuations on which I had relied in entering into the Settlement Agreement, and which

    were used to determine my compensation under the Agreement, were fraudulent. I relied on the

    false valuations provided to me by my uncles and aunt, and would never have entered into the

    Agreement had I known the true value of the assets involved.

    13. I never believed that the Settlement Agreement resolving discrete financial disputes

    could possibly restrict me from telling the story of my life or publishing a book discussing anything

    contained in the Book, including the conduct and character of my uncle, the sitting President of

    the United States, during his campaign for re-election, my aunt Maryanne, a former federal judge,

    or my uncle Robert, a prominent public figure. Moreover, my uncle, the President, has spoken out

    about our family and the will dispute on numerous occasions.

    14. I decided that my family story had deep national relevance when Donald Trump

    was elected as President of the United States, and so I decided to write a book. After a competitive

    process involving other publishers, on July 17, 2019, I entered , acting through the entity Compson

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