ILED Electronical r22-02088, 2022-104 23 01-01:44 PM ‘Alicia L. Lerud Clerk of the Court Transaction # 9425389 : dstaggs INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK EXHIBIT PAGE ONLY EXHIBIT 13 ] HUTCHISON [tj STEFFEN 'A PROFESSIONAL LLCSS7AKIrBELNE uso. GUNAIO, PaRTEN ReNo.NVE9SSi —_euasso@nTEMRSHLCoM 7758538746 97752039831 December 21, 2021 ‘Via Courier and Email Notification to: Marilyn York, Esq. Attorney Marilyn D. York, Inc., dha, Law Office of Marilyn D. York 548 California Ave, Reno, NV 89509 marilyndyork@yahoo.com Re: ‘Tirzah Mathews adv. Ray York and the Law Office of Marilyn D. York DEMAND Dear Marilyn: ‘As you know, this firm represents Tixzah Mathews (hereinafter “Ms. Mathews") On September 5, 2021, I sent your father, business partner, and client, Ray York, a “NOTICE TO CEASE DESIST ALL COMMUNICATION WITH TIRZAH. MATHEWS” because he had engaged in a number of unlawful actions and inappropriate communications that caused Ms. Mathews to feel threatened, harassod, and humiliated. In this regard, I explained that Mr. York's persistent actions, including but not limited to multiple emails, texts and phone calls at all hours of the day and night along with his persistent harassing behavior at the law office while Ms. Mathews was working became unbearable and severely impacted her health, wellbeing, and security. Thereafter, on September 7, 2021, Ms. Mathews, Ms. Nicole Reilly, and I met with you to discuss putting a stop to his inappropriate and unlawful behavior. Candidly, Twas suxprised at how cavalierly you rationalized his behavior as typical behavior for men, especially old men. However, you said that you would address Mr. York's behavior with him and make sure he would not contact Ms. Mathews again. Unfortunately, the damage to Ms. Mathews had been done and her trust in your willingness and ability to make sure she was safe from Mr. York was irreparably damaged. Mr. York did continue to assert himself into Ms. Mathews work at the law office and continued to contact her through email. Further, you and your law office did not appear to take any affirmative steps to ensure she could continue to‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 2 of 37 work in a safe work environment free from sexual harassment and intimidation. ‘Therefore, Ms. Mathews was forced to quit and seek new employment. ‘The purpose of this letter is to further help you understand just how serious and damaging the actions of Mr. York were to Ms. Mathews and to demand compensation for the loses she experienced because of his conduct. I. Hiring of Ms. Mathews, Subsequent Relocation to Reno, Nevada, and Grooming Efforts of Mr. York On April 30, 2021, you emailed Ms. Mathews to inquire if she was interested in working for your law office. In response to your email, Ms. Mathews replied that she was interested. On May 1, 2021, you explained that your father, Mr. York, would be calling Ms. Mathews. ‘The same day, Mr. York started the interview process with Ms, Mathews. A phone call interview was conducted with Mr. York alone, lasting more than an hour. Mr. York and Ms. Mathews discussed next steps of the process, including flying Ms. Mathews out to Reno for an in-person interview, office staff meet and greet, and testing. Mr. York and Ms. Mathews coordinated a flight for ‘Ms. Mathews to come to Reno May 5, 2021, through May 8*, 2021. See Exhibit A (Flight Confirmation Emails.) On May 5t, Ms. Mathews flew to Reno. Between May 6" and 8t*, Ms. Mathews participated in the “Ray York” interview process, which included skill testing, drug testing, staff lunch interview, Marilyn York lunch interview, Ray York in-person. interview and dinner with Ray York and his wife Elaine York (Elaine). See Exhibit B (Tentative Schedule.) On May 8, 2021, Mr. York offered Ms. Mathews a formal job offer. See Exhibit C (Formal Job Offer.)1_ Throughout the entire interview process, Mr. York made comments about Ms. Mathews appearance and how much she will “enhance the image of the firm.” In subsequent conversations in the following months, Mr. York admitted to Ms. Mathews that he made hiring 1 Meanwhile, Ms. Mathews previously had made plans to drive up to Port Angeles, WA, to check out ‘another job opportunity Ms. Mathews was very excited about for a District Attorney/Coroner position, Thereafter, Ms, Mathews interviewed for this job via zoom, the same week (May 7th) Me, Mathews flew out to Reno to interview for Marilyn York’s Law Firm. Ms. Mathews was invitod for a second, in-person interview for the District Attorney/Coroner rosition, the following week. However, ue to Mr. York giving Ms, Mathews a formal job offer on May 8, 2021, Ms. Mathews declined the subsequent in-person interview for the DA pasition. Towards the end of June 2021, the same DA called to inquire about where Ms. Mathews was employed and that their office was still interested in hiving her. Ms. Mathows explained that she had found her dream job working fora friend’s firm in the Reno area. Ms. Mathews then entered into a 8 year employment contract, See Exhibit D (Employment Contract).‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 3 of 37 decisions based on the appearances of the female applicant over the skill sets of others. Specifically, Mr. York referenced Julie. Mr. York, admitted to Julie having a substantial skill set as a paralegal, but ultimately chose a different candidate due to the other candidate’s looks. When that candidate did not perform up to par, Mr. ‘York offered Julie the paralegal position. Ms. Mathews describes Julie as the tenured senior paralegal of the firm Mr. York was scheduled to take Ms. Mathews to the airport after the formal job offer, However, Mr. York convinced Ms. Mathews to stay through the weekend to ook for places to live. In fact, Mr. York seemingly planned to arrange for Ms. Mathews to come to his house to present her with the formal job offer prior to taking her to the airport. The job offer discussion went past the time required to eave Mr. York’s residence in order to get Ms. Mathews to the airport on time. Due to the time constraint and Mr. York insisting that Ms. Mathews stay and secure a place to live, Ms, Mathews obliged and accopted Mr. York's offer as Ms. Mathews was thankful for the help in such a crazy real estate market. Mr. York had Ms. Mathews reschedule her flight to leave the beginning of the following week. Mr. ‘York and Ms. Mathews looked for homes that weekend and weighed the pros and cons of renting versus buying. Mr. York requested that Ms. Mathews stay with Mr. and Elaine at their home in the guest bedroom while Mr. York and Ms. Mathews focused on looking for homes in the Reno area. Mr. York knew Ms. Mathews was staying with a friend in the Canson area but insisted that Ms. Mathews stay in Reno so Mr. York and Ms. Mathews could optimize their time house hunting. Mr. ‘York assured Ms, Mathews that both he and Elaine very much enjoyed Ms. Mathews’ company and that she was a welcome distraction to the life he had been living, Ms, Mathews accepted and stayed with Mr. York and Elaine in their guest room. Ms. Mathews felt quickly embraced as part of the family, and both Mr. York and Elaine referred to Ms. Mathews as “another daughter.” ‘Ms. Mathews returned to Oregon and started planning her transition to Reno to start her new job opportunity heginning June 14", Mr. York continued communicating with Ms. Mathews via phone, email, and text messaging to assist her with the transition, Because Ms. Mathews trusted you and believed you to know about the communication Mr. York and Ms. Mathews were having about Mr. ‘York's involvement with Ms. Mathews transition, Ms. Mathows did not have a reason not to completely trust Mr. York. Mr. York continually assured Ms Mathews that he was helping her because he found a new calling in helping those people who dedicated their lives to help others. Since Ms. Mathews has been a “helper” her whole life, Mr. York kept assuring Ms. Mathews that she is deserving of Mr. York now helping her. Although Ms. Mathews was hesitant in Mr. York’s overwhelming generosity, he kept Ms. Mathews worries at bay by stating that he expects nothing in return as he just enjoys the time helping Ms. Mathews.‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 4 of 37 ‘Throughout these discussions, Mv, York gained Ms. Mathews trust by assuring her that you knew of everything and/or approve of everything because the two of you are “soulmates” and you have no secrets between each other. Mr. York also wanted to provide Ms. Mathews parents assurances that his intentions were pure in helping Ms. Mathews as he saw her as a business partner for his softwaxe business too. See Exhibit E (Email to Ms. Mathews’ Parents.) Mr. York continued to encourage Ms. Mathews to purchase a home in Reno and was looking for houses in different areas for Ms. Mathews to buy. Mr. York found one home in particular that he was excited about because it was “For Sale By Owner,” and he offered to immediately go look at it for Ms. Mathows with Elaine. Ms. Mathews accepted this offer. Mr. York ended up giving the seller's $100 to “hold! the house for Ms. Mathews to come and look at in person within the next day or two to see if she wanted to purchase the home. After Mr. York told Ms. Mathews about him giving the sellers of the home $100, Ms. Mathews felt immense pressure to follow through with taking the next steps in looking at the house further. Although it was a perfect house, it was beyond Ms. Mathews targeted budget. After Mr. York told Ms, Mathews about the transaction he had with the sellers, Mr. York offered to fly Ms. Mathews out to Reno again to look at the house in person and to decide if she wanted to move forward with purchasing the home. Although Ms. Mathews remained hesitant regarding Mr. York’s generosity and the pressure she felt to make a rash decision in purchasing a home, Ms. Mathews still accepted as Mr. York told her the offer to fly Ms. Mathews down was “not optional.” Ms, Mathews then bought plane tickets and flew back to Reno and stayed with Mr. York and Elaine at their home. Mr. York later reimbursed Ms. Mathews via check for the plane tickets she purchased. ‘When Ms, Mathews flew into Reno to tour the home Mr. York found, Ms. Mathews was picked up at the airport by Mr. York, Elaine, and their grandson, Ethan. The next day Mr. York and Ms, Mathews toured the house and worked on purchasing the house on their own without real estate agents. Mr. York took over the drafting of the real estate contract, etc., and assisted with negotiations with the house purchase. Once the house was in contract, Mr. York continued to assist with coordinating escrow, title, and home inspections. Mr. York insisted he pay for inspection costs as a housewarming gift to Ms. Mathews. Although, Ms. Mathews was extremely overwhelmed with the idea of committing to an immedate house purchase, due to fear that Ms. Mathews would not find a rental home to live in due to the competition; Ms, Mathews moved forward with Mr. York assisting Ms. ‘Mathews with purchasing the home, Thereafter, Ms. Mathews had to return to Oregon to finish her current employment term. In order to finalize the house purchasing tasks while Ms, Mathews was out-of-state, Mr. York asked that Ms. Mathews draft a Power of Attorney authorizing Mr. York to conduct business on‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 5 of 37 ‘Ms. Mathews’ behalf, Ms, Mathews did as Mr. York asked. See Exhibit F (Copy of Power of Attorney.) Both of Ms. Mathews parents had houses to sell in Oregon, one of which was necessary before being able to purchase a home in Reno. ‘The first one that was placed on the market was Ms, Mathews mother’s home. Mr. York knew that Ms. ‘Mathews was overwhelmed and vulnerable with having the sole responsible for the selling and purchasing of multiple homes and the moving process for both herself and her parents, assertively began to provide Ma. Mathews advice on overall life, including how to search for and weed out potential male partners. Ms. Mathews remained hesitant in Mr. York’s overbearing involvement but could not help but feel the decisions she made was more “employment tests” that Mr. York was using to assess her skills for the firm. Mr. York also started to assert himself with all aspects of selling Ms. Mathews mother’s home in Oregon and insisted she send Mr. York all information to review regarding the real property prior to making any decisions. Due to Mr. York being experienced in the commercial real estate market and purchasing homes on his own, Ms. Mathews accepted Mr. York's help to guide her on how to handle the real estate market to optimize on making the most while selling a home. Although Mr. York continually assured Ms. Mathews that she remains “in control,” Mr. York insisted that she not make any decisions without seeking his advice. On May 81, 2021, Ms. Mathows real estate agents (hushand and wife team), who were also Ms, Mathews previous employer, called Ms. Mathews about a concerning email they received from her “new boss.” Although in the email Mr. York threatened the agents not to share the email with Ms, Mathews, the agents still forwarded the email to her immediately as they had a client/agent duty to do so. Although the email was primarily focused on Mr. York being upsot about their suggested list price for Ms, Mathews’ mother’s home, the email clearly states that Mr. York is Ms. Mathews new boss “on the business side,” and that Mr. York “control[s]” her “starting pay, perks, and future here.” Mr. York threatened the agents that if they did not raise the listing price to what Mr. York wanted, he would otherwise “go psycho” on them and “lodge a complaint” against them with the real estate board. See Exhibit G (Email to Realtors.) Ms. Mathews was shocked that Mr. York ‘would engage with the agents behind her back as he knew they were her close friends and former employers. Although Ms. Mathews was worried about this communication and how it could impact her future employment if she confronted Mr. York, after speaking with the real estate agents, they all excused Mr. York’s behavior to being a misunderstanding. They gave Mr. York the benefit of the doubt that he thought the agents were a “dual agency” and were taking advantage of Ms. Mathews and that Mr. York must have nothing but good intentions for looking out for Ms. Mathews best interest. ‘The agents and Ms. Mathews decided it would be‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 6 of 37 best that she just not confront Mr. York on this email as they all thought Ms. Mathews had such a great opportunity to work for your firm and no one wanted to risk having a misunderstanding blow up into something that could jeopardize that opportunity. Once the Reno house was in contract with a close date still several months out from ‘Ms. Mathews job start date of June 14%, Mr, York started to continuously offer Ms. ‘Mathews to stay at his home, Ms. Mathews was extremely uncomfortable of the idea of staying at the home for reasons that had nothing to do with Mr. York at the time. Rather, Ms. Mathews did not want to cross the work relationship boundaries or do anything that would upset either Mr. York or Elaine as a house guest that could potentially affect their feelings towards her or have an impact on her employment in the future. Further, Ms. Mathews did not want any appearance of taking advantage of their generosity. Ms. Mathews told Mr. York on several oceasions that she desperately wanted her own space and not feel obligated to be available to Mr, York for his entertainment and that she needed lots of rest on hor days off. Although Ms, Mathews was insistent on staying with friends or getting a rental for a few months until her house closed, Mr. York insisted Ms. Mathews to stay with him or at your husband’s apartment. Mr. York also told Ms. Mathews, Mr. York and you were “fighting over” Ms. Mathews and where she would stay as she would be helping you and Mr. York out more than you or Mr, York would be helping her. For example, if Ms. Mathews stayed in the RV at Mr. York’s home, Mr. ‘York would continue to feel useful in helping her and it brought a renewed sense of worth to Mr. York's life, but if Ms. Mathews stayed at your husband’s apartment, it ‘would help out your relationship with your husband. Ultimately, My. York, throughout conversations, would keep Ms. Mathews appraised of all the work he was doing to the RV to prepare for her stay, if that is in fact what she decided to do, it would be ready for her. Ms. Mathews did not continue to resist Mr. York on this offer, because if she continued to state alternative accommodations that she could find on her own, Ms, Mathews was worried about hurting Mr. York's feelings and ‘Ms, Mathews looking ungrateful for all the help Mr. York gave her and was wanting to continue to give her. On June 12, 2021, Ms, Mathews packed up her necessities and drove to Reno and. began her stay in Mr. York’s RV. Through her time there, both Mr. York and Elaine cooked and bought her food and invited Ms. Mathews (almost nightly) to have dinner with both of them. Both also bought her or gave her token gifts, and Ms. ‘Mathews did the same with cards of gratitude and treating them to dinner when she could. After gaining full access and control over Ms. Mathews, Mr. York made several comments to Ms. Mathews about keeping how close they got a “secret” from Elaine and from the other employees at work. Mr. York did not want the other ‘employees to bo jealous of Ms. Mathews. Although Mr. York told Ms. Mathews to‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 7 of 87 not tell people about how much Mr. York was helping her, he assured Ms. Mathews that you knew everything that was happening and that everyone else would find out eventually. Mr. York requesting that this information remain a “secret” made ‘Ms, Mathews feel uncomfortable, isolated, and extremely vulnerable. Further, in order for Ms. Mathews to make sure she was not taking advantage of Mr. York’s hospitality, she often asked Mr. York about paying rent. However, Mr. York assertively dismissed Ms. Mathews’ offers but would end on a note that maybe one day Ms. Mathews would do him a “favor.” Once Ms. Mathews was living in the RV, Mr. York would continually guilt (manipulate) her into going four-wheeling with him. Mr. York made comments about how much he enjoyed this activity and if Ms. Mathews would loosen up and give it a shot how much she would enjoy it too. Mr. York made several proposals to ‘Ms, Mathews about going on overnight four wheeling excursions with him, and he even went as far as to write a contract during the veal estate property transactions that entailed that Mr. York would receive the benefit of several four-wheeling trips with Ms, Mathews. On June 16", Ms, Mathews father and his girlfriend’s relationship deteriorated to the point where the girlfriend filed a TPO on Ms. Mathews father to evict him from their home. Seeing Mr. York daily, and with Mr. York being so involved in all other matters of Ms. Mathews life, she kept Mr. York (and Blaine) informed of the extra stress that she was dealing with regarding her dad, her obligation to protect, her dad and the worry that Ms, Mathews had that this extra stress could impact his health as he is prone to heart attacks. Because Ms. Mathews had to move both of her parents out of Oregon and into Ms. ‘Mathews new home in Reno, she had two homes that she had sell on their behalf in Oregon. Shortly after Ms. Mathews employment start date with your Firm, Ms. Mathews accepted an offer on her mom's house and thus, were able to pin down a closing date for her Reno house to be mid-August. Mr. York knew Ms. Mathews had to move all her parent's items and the remainder of her belongings. Storage units were at a shortage during the summer 2021, and Mr. York offered to help move her with his truck and trailer and expressed an overwhelming willingness to store her belongings in his 5 car garage. Since the very first conversation Ms. Mathews had with Mr. York, he talked about taking a “working vacation’ to go up to Oregon and help with the move. ‘Throughout time, this conversation evolved to Mr. York wanting to travel to Oregon. introduce himself to her parents to assure them he had no ulterior motives with helping Ms. Mathews. At this point Ms. Mathews expressed wanting to do the move on her own multiple times, but Mr. York insisted he needed to help her,‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 8 of 37 because in turn, Ms. Mathews was helping him. Ms. Mathews accepted Mr. York’s offer to go to Oregon. Ms. Mathews, Mr. York and Ms. Mathews’ friend’s 14 year old daughter drove up July 4 weekend and did the first load of items. During this stay, Ms. Mathews paid for Mr. York to stay in a hotel. Mr. York was excited to meet her family and to give them assurances about safety and security of Ms. ‘Mathews new life in Reno and that his family considered her family too. Although. during this time Mr, York was very controlling of how the move went and was insistent on which items should be loaded and stored, Ms. Mathews family and herself had no concerns other than Mr. York clearly likes to be the boss and to be in control. Ms. Mathews and her family let Mr. York take the lead in packing. Due to the storage unit shortage and skyrocket prices, Mr. York continued to insist ‘that she store her belongings at his house. Ms. Mathews did resist this offer several times, because she just got out of a marriage where her ex-husband withheld all her belongings from her after evicting her from the home and then used her items to control her during the divorce process. Mr. York knew this recent event as the reason for her hesitancy in keeping her items at his house. However, Mr. York continued to tell Ms. Mathews that che was safe and her belongings are safe with him. During the week prior to going to Oregon for the first load, Mr. York further showed and communicated with Ms. Mathews about the work he was doing to clean out his garage to make room to store her property. Ms, Mathews again, accepted his offer, because, again, she did not want to hurt his feelings for being so generous with her. On the evening of July 5th, Mr. York, Ms. Mathews friend’s daughter and Ms. ‘Mathews returned to Nevada at Mr. York’s house. Ms. Mathews was sot to unload her items into Mr. York's garage and had friends in the wings waiting to assist hex with her move in Reno. However, that evening, Mr. York insisted that Ms. ‘Mathews not worry about unloading and that he already scheduled movers to do so the next morning while she was at work. I. Mr. York’s “Surprise” ‘The next morning on July 6, Ms. Mathews woke up and Mr. York had movers at his house unloading her belongings into his garages. That day, Ms. Mathews told ‘Mr. York she wanted to buy him take-out dinner to show her appreciation, as Blaine York and Marilyn York were out of town in Carmel. Ms. Mathews texted Mr. York asking what he would like for dinner, and they coordinated for her to pick up Thai food. When Ms. Mathews picked up the food, told Mr. York she was on her way home, and Ms. Mathews said, “Hope you are hungry.” Mr. York responded, “More than you know.” Ms. Mathews also texted him when she was inside of the‘Tixzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 9 of 37 main house and asked what table she should set up to eat at. See Exhibit H (Texts dated July 6% through September 5".) ‘Mr. York wanted to eat dinner outside on the back patio. Mr. York and Ms. Mathews ate and conversed as they normally would. At the end of dinner, Mr. York said before Ms, Mathews went to bed, Mr. York wanted to show Ms. Mathews where he had all the movers place her belongings. Mr. York then showed her where her stuff was located in the guest bedroom, and in the garages. So, Ms. Mathews did not feel like she owed out-of-pocket money to Mr. York, Ms. Mathews gave Mr. York $100 in cash to go towards the cost of the movers’ labor. When Ms. Mathews again expressed her gratitude for all of his help in coordinating this move, Ms. Mathews tried to end the night to go back to the RV. ‘However, Mr, York replied: “Thave a surprise for you in the casit: ‘This was typical language Mr. York has used with Ms. Mathews in the past when ‘My. York and Blaine York had bought her joint gifts or made food or cookies for her. Further, Mr, York has two offices where he works from for the Firm. One of the offices is in his casita (and this is where interviews of employees, including Ms. ‘Mathews’ interview and job offer took place). The other office Mr. York had was in the RV. Since Ms. Mathews was familiar with the casita as Mr. York’s primary office, she assumed he wanted to show her something business related as Ms. Mathews and Mr. York discussed ultimately her taking over his software company, ‘ModeLaw, as another source of income and primary job after her 3 years with the Firm. See Exhibit E Email to Ms, Mathews’ Parents). Mr. York also offered to give Ms. Mathews a 6 parcel plot of land if she was able to help him partition it with the city. So, they had continuous conversations regarding these additional lucrative opportunities for Ms. Mathews and business planning. Assuming that the “surprise” was work related as it was in the casita, Ms. Mathews then followed Mr. York into the casita. ‘The casita is Mr. York’s main living quarters. The casita consists of Mr. York's main bedroom/office, bathroom, and dining room area. When Ms. Mathews entered the main bedroom area, Mr. York told her to set the items she was carrying down. ‘Ms. Mathews was carrying a paper bag with dinner leftovers and her purse and phone. Ms. Mathews did what Mr. York said and set her things down on his bed and desk. Mr. York then had Ms, Mathews follow him into the dining area (which is separated from the bedroom with a door).‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 10 of 37 In the dinning area, Ms. Mathews observed a very odd set up. The first thing Ms Mathews noticed was a padded elevated reclining chair covered in sheets that were predominately white with small green images like trees. The padded recliner was on top of the dining table, In front of the table and elevated chair were two dining ‘room chairs positioned with the seat padding facing away from the table and with the tall backs against the tabletop and elevated reclining chair. On top of the elevated chair was several items including a whip cream can, suction cup type apparatus (which Ms. Mathews found out later on found out to be a pussy plumper), and at least one or two other sex toy devices Ms. Mathews could not see because the tall chair back was in the way. Mr. York later told Ms, Mathews at the law office that the other “item” on top of the chair was a vibrator, but other than whip cream and honey, he could not remember the rest of the items. See Exhibit I (Transcript of August 30 recording, pg. 7.) Mr. York opened his arm up and out towards the chair as if he was presenting the scene to Ms. Mathews proudly and turned to Ms. Mathews and stated: “T want to give you an orgasm.” ‘Ms. Mathews was speechless at first trying to process what was happening. All Ms. ‘Mathews could eventually get out in words was to say: “You are joking, right? You are joking. You have to be joking.” Mr. York said: “No, I want to lick you all over.” ‘At this point, Ms. Mathews felt out of her body and just thought that “oh my God, T am really going to have to do this if I was going to get out of this situation safely.” Ms. Mathew’s mind raced thinking about how else she could remove herself from this situation while still maintaining her dignity and safety and job and place to Jive. Ms. Mathews thought about the consequences if she did not comply with Mr. ‘York’s request to give her oral sex, including loss of job, loss of housing, lack of available housing to move into, loss of the pending home purchase that was dependent on obtaining a mortgago, loss of income, and a tarnished professional reputation. All she could think of was how to deescalate the situation in order to mitigate Mr. York's retaliation? Ms. Mathews felt frozen standing there next to ‘Mr. York as he continued to talk to Ms. Mathews babbling on about his feelings toward her and that he is in love with her and wants to make love to her. 2 rr. York would often brag to Ms. Mathews about how he would fire employees and how he would physically confront them and intimidate ther‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 11 of 87 After a few moments of processing what was happening and knowing that Ms, Mathews just could not submit to Mr. York’s request, she said out loud: “No, no - this can't happen.” Mr. York still rambling on about his feelings toward Ms. Mathews then started to ay. After Ms. Mathews told Mr. York: "No," ‘Mr. York then asked: “Maybe tomorrow then?” ‘Ms. Mathews was shocked about Mr. York continuing to ask her after she clearly said “no,” and was in shock that she had to continue to say: “No.” ‘Ms. Mathews was worried at this point how she was going to get out of the situation and what Mr. York would do next. Mr. York then pursued further and asked if he could “kiss” Ms. Mathews. Ms. Mathews then had to make it clear to Mr. York that: “No, nothing like that can happen...I thought you considered me like another daughter.” Again, Mr. York pursued and asked: “Maybe tomorrow?” ‘Ms. Mathews then again asserted: “No, never.” ‘Mr. York then continued to say that: he “loves” Ms. Mathews “in every way and cannot help himself.”‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 12 of 37 Somehow, Ms, Mathews was able to talk her way out and leave explaining she was exhausted and wanted to go to bed by 9 pm, because Mr. York and Ms. Mathews had previously scheduled to wake up early and drop off the UHAUL before work the next day. Ms. Mathews was finally able to leave the casita to go to the RV and texted, per his request, information confirming UHAUL drop off time. She sent this text at 8:49 p.m. See Exhibit H (Texts dated July 6 through September 5%.) IIL. Surviving the Trauma and Humiliation Caused by Mr. York. ‘The next morning on July 7, 2021, Ms. Mathews woke up to an email from Mr. York unapologetically reiterating his feelings about making love with her. See Exhibit J (uly 7% Email.) ‘Ms. Mathews, still in disbelief about what occurred the night before next door to where she had to sleep, felt alone and scared to report the conduct to authorities at this point. The only option Ms. Mathews felt was available to her was to continue on as normal as possible to give herself time to figure out all of the logistics of losing shelter, money, a house in escrow and her overall dignity. Therefore, that morning, she continued as planned and drove the UHAUL to drop off before work, with Mr, ‘York following Ms. Mathews to give her a ride back to his home. While in the car, on the way home, Mr. York made a statement about Ms. Mathews possibly resenting him now because of what happened the previous night. Ms. Mathews did not say much on that drive and again tried to act as normal as possible to prevent Mr. York from lashing out. Ms. Mathews still went to work that day as if nothing happened and tried to figure out what to do next. While Ms. Mathews was at work, Mr. York sent her a text message where he just realized that Ms. Mathews “must be worried,” and there “is absolutely nothing to worry about.” Ms. Mathews took this text message to mean that Mr. York knew she was worried about losing her job. ‘Ms. Mathews texted Mr. York back confirming that Ms. Mathews: “was very worried.” Mr. York also texted: “I am sorry, please forgive me.” Again, to deescalate and mitigate anything that Mr. York could do to retaliate against her, she placated to his requests and told Mr. York that she did forgive him. See Exhibit H (Texts dated July 6" through September 5.)‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 13 of 87 ‘That same evening, after Ms. Mathews got home from work, she found out her mother, who was still in Oregon at the time, was ran over by a vehicle and in the hospital. ‘The concern for Ms. Mathews mother overtook the events that transpired the night before with Mr. York. Ms. Mathews could only handle one devastating issue at a time and pushed out the sex scene and all the possible consequences that would follow and prioritized the safety well-being of her mother and planning on how to travel to Oregon and care for her long-term. The next morning, on July 8, 2021, there was a photo shoot for the firm that was previously scheduled far in advance. Mr. York came to the office and was directing the whole photo shoot including the employees and the photographer. Ms. Mathews told Mr. York that morning, when she saw him at the office that her mother was ran over. With this new traumatic news and what Mr. York did to Ms. Mathews two nights before and the emails that followed from Mr. York, Ms. Mathews felt like she was just in survival mode at this point in getting her and her parents to a safe place all together. ‘Taking photos in front of Mr. York that day was excruciating and humiliating as he directed what he wanted from Ms, Mathews. Ms. Mathews still, though, feeling vulnerable, isolated and not wanting to disrupt her employment status as she was in the middle of getting a home loan where the Firm had vouched for her, tried to act as normal as possible to just get through the day. See Exhibit K (Letter to Bay Equity Loans.) ‘Ms. Mathews also did not want to approach you yet at this time, without knowing what Ms. Mathews should do, as you were also dealing with significant personal stressors of your own and had upcoming trials that required your time and focus. ‘The last thing Ms. Mathews wanted to do was to be a burden to you or to disrupt the other firm employees without first obtaining legal counsel on how to appropriately handle the situation, ‘The evening of July 8, 2021, Ms, Mathews told law enforcement (a close friend who is the Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking Ombudsman for the Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Nicole Reilly) in person what happened with Mr. York. Ms. Reilly immediately contacted an employment attorney on Ms. ‘Mathews behalf and scheduled a time for Ms. Mathews to consult with the attorney. Later that evening, Mr. York sent Ms. Mathews an email confessing his obsession with her. See Exhibit L (Copy of July 8* Obsession Email.) ‘Mr. York, knowing that Ms. Mathews was going to travel to Oregon to take care of her mother that weekend, continued to email her wanting to continue to help her with her travels to Oregon. See Exhibit M (July 8% Offer to Help Email.)‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 14 of 37 On July 9%, Ms. Mathews woke up to an email where Mr. York tries to redefine Ms. ‘Mathews as his “other daughter.” See Exhibit N (July 9" email). Mr. York continued to text Ms. Mathews that she cannot stop him from “loving” her. See. Exhibit H (Texts dated July 6 through September 5t,) These emails made ‘Ms. Mathews physically ill and unable to emotionally process the situation her and her family were in with Mr. York controlling her future. Mr. York continued to send Ms. Mathews emails which she responded to by telling him that Ms. Mathews ‘was at her max capacity to process what happened with him and she needed to focus on her mother. Mr. York also tried to excuse and normalize his behavior by indicating that he has his own rules that he goes by. See Exhibit N (July 9% email.) On July 10%, Ms, Mathews was able to obtain legal counsel and discuss safety planning as to focus on getting herself, family, and belongings to a safe space first efore formally disclosing to you what happened with Mr. York. On July 11%, Mr. York relentlessly tried to justify his actions through emails. See Exhibit O (July 11% emails.) At this point in time, Ms. Mathews was in Oregon caring for her mother and in crisis mode with her father being threatened with arrests from his unstable ex-girlfriend. In order to protect her father from the occurrences in Oregon and to protect herself from Mr. York in Nevada, Ms. Mathews asked Mr. York if her father could come back with her and stay in the RV. ‘Ms, Mathews felt the RV was her only option, as to not raise suspicions from Mr. York that she wanted to get away from him. Additionally, with Ms. Mathews father and dog in tow, options for temporary immediate housing was practically unavailable. However, by bringing her father down with her, Ms. Mathews felt as though she could maintain her employment while prioritizing her safety and still provide for the necessities of her family all while using her father as a barrier to Mr. York. ‘The following week, Ms. Mathews was able to move her mother to Reno and get her set up in your apartment. Ms. Mathews then started to stay with her mother full time there. Ms. Mathews father also had to help her mother get around during the day while Ms. Mathews was at work and ended up staying full time at the apartment too. After Ms. Mathews let Mr. York know that she was staying at the apartment full time, Mr. York requested that Ms. Mathews return the key to his house and RV, even though her belongings were still there. See Exhibit P (Copy of July 25% email.) Even after Ms. Mathews returned these keys, Mr. York wanted her to return his garage door opener too (which did not have access to his home), which was the last device Ms. Mathews had to be able to access her belongings. See Exhibit H (Texts dated July 6 through September 5¢.)‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 15 of 87 ‘There was no other reason for Mr, York to request these items back from her at this point other than retaliating against her for leaving Mr. York, and as a consequence Ms. Mathews could no longer have access to her belongings without going through him first, Ms. Mathews began to have extreme anxiety in not being able to have her personal property back or the property being used to control her further. Ms. ‘Mathews also started to feel pressure from Mr. York to leave Marilyn York's apartment, when he started asking her when she would be able to leave Marilyn ‘York’s apartment so she could give her 30 day notice to terminate the lease. See Exhibit Q (July 30¢ email.) Though, at no time did you ever make Ms. Mathews feel pressured to leave the apartment and assured her that she was welcome. However, at this time, Ms. Mathews began to realize that Mr. York was lying to Ms. Mathews all along about how much you knw about his intricate involvement in her life. Ms. Mathews felt il daily when she had to go to work and hide these secrets from you in order to preserve her own safety and security. The emotional toll that ‘Ms. Mathews was enduring was exhausting and affecting her other chronic health issues and her appetite. On August 8, 2021, Mr. York reforenced their recent email interactions as to their ability to be professional, Yet, Mr. York continued to profess his “love” for her. To buy time in order to avoid engaging with Mr. York, Ms. Mathews asked Mr. York to just give her time to get through the week and get her parents into a safe space (as she was still waiting for her home to close). See Exhibit R (August 8% Email.) Mr. York, obviously hurt that Ms, Mathews was ignoring him, starts to compare himself to being an animal and she broke his heart after he fell in love with hex See Exhibit H (Texts dated July 6% through September 5t4,) Mr. York, again tried to manipulate Ms. Mathews to feel sorry for him as he knew her love for animals, but this time she ignored him. Knowing that Mr. York was upset with Ms. Mathews, Ms. Mathews wanted to get her items out of his house on her terms and not under his control. The weekend after Ms. Mathews’ house closed on, August 16 she arranged a time for she and her father to go over to Mr. York's house to get some items. While there Ms. Mathews told Mr. York that she will continue to pick up loads of my items throughout the week as available after work in order to get her items out of his garage. Mr. York, still insisted on taking control over the situation and “offered” to move another trailer full of her items to her house. See Exhibit S (August 2274 Email.) Mr. York assured Ms. Mathews that he had it all figured out and no one had to do anything other than open the garage. At this point, Ms. Mathews did not trust Mr. York and knew that he wanted to maintain some level of control over her. Ms. Mathews further complied because she wanted her and her family’s personal belongings back. However, the day of the move, Ms. Mathews father was placed in a position to help Mr. York move heavy items. This made Ms. Mathews angry and sick that despite his continued assurances, to the contrary Mr. York remained in‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 16 of 87 control of everything and placed her father in a position to hurt himself. Again, after this move, Ms. Mathews firmly expressed to Mr. York that she wanted to coordinate the final move on her terms. See Exhibit T (August 23" Emails.) ‘The following weekend, Ms. Mathews got an email from Mr. York that included a seemingly veiled threat. This is when Ms. Mathews knew Mr. York was at a point of losing the control he once had over Ms. Mathews and was getting more upset with her due to her lack of engagement with him. Ms, Mathews wanted to place in writing how much Mr. York's behavior and words were affecting every aspect of her life, and that she did not know what he wanted from her with his continued communications. See Exhibit U (August 29" through 30 Emails.) IV. Mr. York's Recorded Confession ‘You left for London this same weekend and Mr. York told the office to not contact you or to bother you. See Exhibit V (Email to Staff.) Thereafter, Mr. York wrote ‘Ms. Mathews an email on August 30, 2021, saying that he was going to be at the office working with staff on billing and awards. Mr. York said if Ms. Mathews was around, he would say hello. Ms. Mathews told him that she was trial prepping for an afternoon hearing. See Exhibit W (August 30% Email) Because Mr. York wanted tell Ms. Mathews his plan for how she could get back to normal after what he did to her, Ms. Mathews recorded the conversation, See Exhibit I (Transcript of August 30" recording.) In that conversation, Mr. York offered to confess everything to Marilyn York, Hlaine ‘York, and to Ms. Mathews parents. Mr. York further tells Ms, Mathews that she is not at fault at all for how he feels towards her. Mr. York also likens his own feelings towards Ms. Mathews as something she cannot control and how other random men respond to Ms. Mathews. Mr. York told Ms. Mathews that she has no idea how many men just see her, and then go home and “beat off” to her. Mr. York further tells Ms. Mathews that none of the girls at the Firm want to be friends with her because of how she looks, and that Mr. York is her only true friend and that she needs him and he needs her. Further, Mr. York tells Ms, Mathews that once you know what is going on, you will make Ms. Mathews feel better about it and that everything will be ok. Several girls from the office saw Mr, York speak with Ms. Mathews and noticed how uncomfortable Ms. Mathews looked and asked if she was ok afterwards. Ms. Mathews merely responded to the girls that she needs to go directly to you to discuss. MR YORK:-Oh, boy, Idon't know if Tecan think very well. know I have to.» You first. MS. MATHEWS:-I mean, I said everything I had to say on the email. I mean, you know where I'm at.‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 17 of 37 MR. YORK:: Yeah, ‘MS. MATHEWS: -I'm absolutely miserable, I'm sick, I'm —Idon't want to be here, I don’t want to be in the uat anymore. I just want to take off. I got my family and myself in a position that I don’t know how to get out of. MR. YORK: Ido, MR. YORK: I will, I feel horvible, Ireally.... really feet horrible.-Ican't believe how this MS, MATHEWS: - The images are ike in my mind. Buery time Icome in here, every time I see the website and the pictures that Thad to take the next day, essentially, like Tjust ~ cverything is just filled with just memories of that night and Ican't even get past like what the heck was even on the table®- I mean, like what were you -Idon't understand like the - just the plan. ‘Like I can't get past that. MR. YORK: I've said a lot of stuff in the emails, but emails fall short of person-to-person and eye contact. -Thave never lied to you. Inever planned this, except for about an hour to two hours ahead of time, I'm telling you that all the things that we did together were strictly to help you. -Tgo back in my own mind and I ean remember saying a lot of things like you never get you don't know how much you can get until you ask. When I said that to you probably two or three times over the months, that wasn't programming you. Tnever....T ‘never had in mind pushing this. ‘When Tactually did it, T wasn't pushing it for my oum benefit, I thought... Tsaw a movie one time - this is funny to me and you probably are going to get ~ not think so, but this woman -- this date ~ this woman went to a family dinner, it was kind of -it was a comedy. So the family never met her before, she's at the dinner table getting to know everybody and somehow at the end of the line she eays, there's nothing like a good fuck and a good night's sleep ta cure that -- make you feel better. Well, funny, ha-ha but kind of true, But a good one is « different definition by everybody in the world. - Everybody has a different concept of what good and bad is, and Ihad no idea ~Istill have no ideas ~ I still have no idea what put you in this kind of a situation to take it eo -- so hard, but Ido understand you took it hard and that's the main point here, and I know how to fix it, I've got to fix it, because this is all wrong. You are safe here and now I have to prove it to you, and that's where we are. MS, MATHEWS: - And I feel like I'm hiding something from Marilyn, MR. YORK: Well, that's part of the solution, MS. MATHEWS: That's the biggest thing. MS, MATHEWS: “It's like I cannot -Ican't face her day-to-day, knowing what I know and just -I don't feel like I'm a friend to her, Idon't feet like I'm doing anything for her, because of this situation you put. me in, Like I just feel like I'm totally betraying her, right? MR. YORK: Tgot to know you better and better and wanted to help you more and more and ‘got obsessed with helping you untit I lost my boundaries and I'm so sorry. ‘MS. MATHEWS:- But I don't understand the setup. Like I mean it seemed ~ like I understand what you wanted to do in the setup but Idon't understand what was on the table. + saw the whip cream and then I assuned like it was like sex toys.‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 18 of 37 MR. YORK:- There was a vibrator, that's all. MS, MATHEWS: - That was just it? MR. YORK:-It was there, ‘MS. MATHEWS: -T thought there was more on there ‘MR, YORIG:- No. MS, MATHEWS: I couldn't sce because of the back of the chair. MR. YORK: -I barely remember. -I had honey, whip eream, Ithink, and the vibrator. Ithink that was it MS. MATHEWS: Because I couldn't figure out what was the rest on the table. think I was just in pure shock and just my mind is reeling about what was on that table, like — MR. YORK:: Look, Iean't even get it up anymore, 60 it wasn't for me. ‘MS. MATHEWS: -It wasn't for me either, chough. MR. YORK:-Iknow, but I didn't realize that. ell in love with you, Ireally did. Look, T brought back a lot of bad memories for you, you brought back « lot of good memories for me. I remembered a lot of stuff that I had buried, and for good reason, but I... loak, you and I had a igreot time during the ten. hours of." what do you call it?- Interview. ‘I've fallen in love with four women in my whole life and you're number four, and I'm sorry shat I hurt you instead of helped you, ‘But I couldn't help i, You're beautiful, you're wonderful, you're warm, you're niy wife reincarnated. “You're so goddamn close to Biaine that... MR. YORK: «And for you to fee! guilty about it isnt far to yourself an it ion't fair tome. You should let me oun the damn thing because Ido oun it because it was all me and not you, Gnd 20 J'm going to fis this, regardless of whether this helps or not, but why. thy should you feel guilty? ‘MS, MATHEWS: I don't know. « Because I accepted help. -I accepted help from — MS. MATHEWS: :I never want help from anyone again, Ray. -I never do.-I mean~ MR. YORK:- That's dangerous. ‘MS, MATELEWS:-7'l do it myceif becouse something is always going to go wrong and. that's - MTo-I took it all out. I Ihad open arme with you and ] accepted everything, thinking that Twas safe. MR, YORK: You were sofe.-T was a frickin gentleman, vas an asshole stupid idiot, but a gentleman about it, -Tdidn't push you, Ididn’t ~ didn't touch you. Twill never do it again. Tm so goddam sorry. MS, MATHEWS:- You're my employer, Ray.Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 19 of 37 MR. YORK: I'm not your employer. ‘MS. MATHEWS: You hold my —you hold my fate in your hands, MR. YORK:: Well, you're totally safe. You know, you're not going to believe me until I’m dead, but you're going to find out that that’s true. I would never harm you, I promise I would never harm you.:Tlove you. Tstill love you. I still want to help you. “I still want to be your... I'm still your friend and I think I'm one of your best damn friends you ever had until this and then you changed your mind, but I think up till then, you probably thought Iwas one of your very good friends. ‘still think Iam that same person because Tam, I'm still your best friend but would really like the reciprocation, anud I've destroyed it but maybe Ican be your mentor, maybe ean help you through another bad time, maybe Lust stay the hell ‘away from you and give you freedom — whatever works for you. ‘What Iwant ~ what I want is for us to be friends like we were.-That was so sweet, it was 60 sincere, it made me feel 60 goddamn good and it brought back so goddamn many memories that I lost my fucking head. ‘But I realized that there was a lot more to that and I enjoyed your company s0 much, and I fallin love with you. How can that be bad? Well, it turned out bad for you.-It didn’t turn out bad for me, and I'm so fucking sorry. -And I'm going to fix it, because you don't know Marilyn tike I know Marityn,- Marilyn... what if Ttold you ~ and this is hypothetical, it's not necessarily true, but it ean be true - what if told you Marilyn knew every detail and she said, you're a dumb bastard, to me and I'd say yeah, and I'd say you got a -- you've got to assure Tireah that you understand everything that went on. and she always says, men are dumb. But the hey, the big key here is that you need to....you need to understand and I have always been sincere with you and never lied to you and Ido love you, Istill love you and I'm sorry I can't - I'm sorry Iwent past boundaries. I loved you like a daughter. Yes, it felt realty good. ‘MS. MATHEWS:- You're saying that you treated me like a daughter, so Twas asking, did you ‘ever do this with Marilyn? MR. YORK: No, ‘MS. MATHEWS: Okay. ‘MR. YORK: - Hell, no.-Inever even wanted to. Inever even came elose to. No, Inever didd and that's what I want her to tell you too because the very best way to do it is the three of us talk this out when she gets home ~ and she's going to be really busy the first day or. t10 or three, it may take several days, but if she ratifies the things I'm telling you ~ and she trusts me. She trusts me with her life, Ttrust her with my life, MS, MATHEWS:- Does she know what's happened? Yes or no, right? Does she know? MR. YORK:-I1t answer that truthfully in a moment. Bue if she — where I wos going a rsinute ago wes if she does know and she tells you that you're safe and you can trust me that when I say you're safe, that will make you feel better. She doesn't know but she's going to. T will tell her every damn detail because she -- she tells me that kind of shit about heraelf and I don’t even want to know about it. We can talk to each other about anything and we do, and she'll understand this because part ~ part -- you see, with everything goddamn adversity there's a goddamn. siate of equivolent benefit and for me, I'm already having sex with Elaine again. Thaven’t had it for seven years, okay? Ican't get it up, Tean't put it in her ‘She got sewed up.- Her bladder was falling out from having babies. But there's other ways to stimulate each other we're doing, that we're doing that, why?- Because you got my‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 20 of 87 goddamn sex drive up again because... because Tove you, because you're beautiful, because Timalive again. You made me freaking alive ogain. There's nothing you...:there’s nothing ‘you did fo me except make me alive again. You have nothing to feel guilty about. Ido, and I ‘would take it back so fast.- would never do it again, whether you talk to me or whether you could be assured -- whether Ican get that trust built back again that I'm your wing man again. I want to be your wing man again. I want to be your best friend again. Christ almighty, we had it so good and [screwed it up. I want it back. -T want it back badly, not Just for me, but Iwant it back for you.*T wand it back for you more than for me because I... Tean cope way better than you ean, obviously. I have less -- Ihave nothing to lose. “Maybe that's why Iwas operating on it, not realizing what potential damage I could do to you. I never had an inkling that it wouldn't be good MS. MATHEWS: : And that's what's killing me now is the fact that I’m not being transparent with not only my friend, but my boss, and she was hurt so badly by everybody hiding what was happening with Brittany that I feel like I'm doing the same thing to her right now. MR. YORK: That's going to end.- That's going to end.-No matter what you say, no matter what you do, I'm going to tell her everything, I promise. MS, MATHEWS: Other than being completely transparent with her and what I've been dealing with behind closed doors for the last couple of months, what else are you going to do? What's the plan? MR. YORK: -I've never told her I've had affairs before. I'm. going to tell her. ‘MS. MATHEWS:- Aren't you worried about how this is going to affect her? ‘MR. YORK: No, not « bit, know her. She and I are soulmates.: Not exactly, but I'm almost exactly the male equivalent of her.” She's almost exactly the female equivalent of me. ‘Now that doesn't say chit for details but it's kind of the way I feel and T think it's the way she feels. She trusts me explicitly.» You bring in your own questions and ‘you can go break in any time you want. Twould like you to ask her if I've ever lied to her. ‘Ask her— ‘MR. YORK:: No, and it won't, promise you. ‘You come from a very... you've ended up—Idon't care where you came from, you've ended up with a very strict concept of love, marriage, sex, trust, and it’s commendable and ‘my wife has the same damn thing and one of the reasons why I was attracted to you. Let me tell you something else: If Iwere your age and T wasn't married and I wasn’t dating, would marry you in @ heartbeat and I would give you a good life. I would not huurt you. And if T fooled around ~ because I'm a jrickin dumb male ~- I would hope you'd. forgive me and let it go. MS. YORK:- So hypothetically, if we go and do this before Marilyn and it still doesn't give me the peace of mind or the security I need to stay or if I'm just outright just ashomed and. embarrassed and don't want to face anybody, what next? MR. YORK:-It will, it absolutely will but I'l answer that question too. Iam a hundred percent sure, Iam so damn sure.- She will - she will take your side a hundred percent,’ She always said if Iwant a divorce, don't come to her. She's going to work with Elaine and kill me, and she means it.Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 21 of 37 ‘MS, MATHEWS: But what if t's too much for me inside to bear? Even her knowing. “I'm | asking, if [can't continue to work here, what next?-If Tean't do it? Right now I'm worried about us being truthful and letting Marilyn know what's going on but even after her knowing 1 what's going on, if I still can't process this and either forgive myself or -- you're forgiven, it's Just not — MMR, YORK: -- and I'm not asking you for sex ever again. I don't need it, I don't want it, I don't want to hurt you, Twon't. «And Ireally ~ I have not lied to you, - Everything Thave said to you is the absolute truth. I ean prove any goddamn part of it somehow, Iwill try, I'm tilling to. I'm willing to put anything on the line. You asked me a very, very tough question, what next? Well, what would you like me to say? | MS, MATHEWS: I‘don't know, -Idon't know right now.- That's why Ihaven't come to you, because I don’t know. MS, MATHEWS: - So what was the double threat that you were referencing in the email last | night? MR. YORK:- There's further stuff I would like to say in front of her but I don’t want to keep you waiting.°I think it's a triple threat.-It's not a threat, it's a disaster. I shink you're | heading for disaster. Just like you said, obviously you don't like oral sex. “You don't have to say anything, -Iknow that, Ian tell..A Tot of people do.- There's more than one way to please your partner. ‘MS, MATHEWS: I want to get something on the books with Marilyn and you and me. 1 MR. YORK:-I want -- Idon't think we should do it here, - Absolutely for sure. Way safer somewhere else and way safer — ‘MS. MATHEWS: I feel safer here | ‘MR. YORK: -You know something else, I better tell you this, it's pertinent.“ When Iwas ‘young, in my 10, 20 sears old. and for a long time after that, it was a male dominated ‘society. Women didn't work. Women were trapped at home. They had babies and took care of the babies. “They didn't know how to bring the money in.» Women were trapped into sexual situations. -They couldn't say no hardly, could. they?- They couldn't afford for the man to take offand leave them with babies when they can't even make a living like they can now. So things changed and now it's nat ~ it's just the opposite, it's a woman dominated society because they hold sex over men, Men will do anything for sex. Women could stop alt the wars in the world if they would just withhold. They could stop anything they want. They could turn men into slaves. “They could say you only get sex... Tim just saying that you need somebody... you need somebody to be your friend and you don't have very many friends and you've had a lot of misery in your life. I've lived with sorrow my whole lije,- Nobody knows sorrow better than Ido. All T have to do -- and I’ve told you before | ~-all [have to dois think of her and I can't help but crying and feeling sorry for myself. First Lfelt sorry for her for many, many years and I guess I must be feeling sorry for myself now. I don’t know. It’s all the same, It’s just really bad, So T know about sorrow and..." Casey said she saw you at the pool, at the pool party at Marilyn's place all. by yourself, looking so sad. Tim sure you were." Now I know why,-And that kills me. And she talked to you. She said she talked to you and the other people, the fat chicks --I shouldn't say that ~ Teould say it better, but you know what mean. They're never going to be your friend. - They don't want to {20 out with you. They couldn't go to a bar with you. “Too much competition, right?‘Tirzah Mathews Demand Letter December 21, 2021 Page 22 of 37 So you're not going to get ~- it's going to be hard to find friends within the office. They should reach out to you but they won't, they don't, they got their own. lives, they don't give a shit, they're selfish animals, like everybody. I'm not picking on them, I'm just disappointed in people. You're disappointed in me.-I’m disappointed in myself. But I'm sorry you've had such a hard life, F'n very, very sorry because I know what it fels like and when we were friends I new Twas helping you and Thnew I could help you big, not just what we talked about and the shit I offered to you about splitting the land and working on. (unintelligible) those weren't bullshit. Those weren't ways so Teouled get into your pants, absolutely not. did get obsessed about helping you but it was all good motives, it was because you're my daughter image or whatever you want to couch it as Please... how do I say this? Have an open mind here.- Until we're done talking to Marilyn, please have an open mind and then do any damn thing you want with it, but you need this.-Ineed to come clean. -Ineed to come clean with Marilyn and make sure I car do everything Ican do the reinstate you in your own mind and to feel safe here. You absolutely are safe here but you don't believe it yet. Marilyn will cause you to believe it.- She will take _your side, I promise you,” She'll laugh, she'll make you laugh. She'l be funny, she'll be entertaining. She will....you'll be surprised about the way she says things but she will understand, she will know what you're going there and I know what you've going through. Tve been going through os bad or worse. I know how hard it hurts. Idon't understand why it hurts you, [really don't, but I understand that it does and that just kills me, God almighty. Twant the best for you, just like I want the best for Marilyn, Iwant the best for Blaine, ‘MR. YORK:-I told you before and I'm telling you over ond over today, think is that women control the relationship. - What's new? -It's a jemale dominated aociety. - You're controlling my relationship with you. Iwill do anything Ican do to help you, but if you kegp pushing me away, I'm pretty limited and if that makes you happy, I'm okay with it. If you say don’t ever email me again in my private email, Iwill - Iwon't do that but I want access to your brain.: I'm not only ~~ I not only like to play with people's brain, Ilike to improve ‘em, Tlike to let ‘em grow. God. + You thought you knew me and then you thought I disappoint ~ I did disappoint you. You thought I betrayed you. You thought L..-and I did in your own mind, T know Idid and I feel bad because I didn't betray you in my mind. ‘Right now my number one wish is just to be friends with you, but ifT can't have that, no, that's not number one. My naumber one is to look out for you. T want. you to feet good in this place in ‘your career, T want to help you grow here by sing ModeLaw property for your own benefit. Tf you follow -- if you become passionate about ModeLaw and want to work with me and rin ‘your own business later on, I'm still willing to help you.+If Lean help you in any way, I with ‘That hasn't changed and it wasn't bullshit to start with and hasn't changed. You obviously saw Twas passionate about helping you. You could see that Iwas obsessed. It wasn't to get into your pants, it wasn't. It was not. I did get obsessed. I'm: still obsessed. I'd still lie io help you. Goddamn it, please let me help you bué don't say yes ~ don't make a decision in your own mind until we talk to Marilyn and you have some time to ponder it, ponder it all you want, but Jesus Christ, don't go out there and stay away from men because jou thought I betrayed you. That's all wrong. That's hurting yourself for the wrong reasons. I didn't Betray you, you just think I did. Tdlon’t know how I betrayed you. I betrayed...this is where we're different. Of course I can see why you don't trast me, but you can. -I’m telling you you can. Iwould never hurt you. Jesus Christ. And what if?* What if you said yes that night? What if you were a different person that had fun and went and had. a good night sleep and relaxed and the next day you said, Ray, that didn't happen, never again, you got lucky. Maybe it was on your bucket list, - Fuck you, stay away from me but we're still friends, okay? And maybe we've not sufferers, maybe we are. What if that was the ease? Would that be all bad?