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MOTLEY ASKS WIGAND ABOUT THREATS MADE TO HIS FAMILY Q. Did these threats that you have described to your family's well-being occur at any time contemporaneous with your reporting to Brown & Williamson about the matter of the antitrust investigation?
A. It happened after the antitrust investigation.
Q. It did?
A. Yes.
Q. How long after?
A. The testimony deposition on the CID I gave on January 24th. The threats came on April 22nd and April 28th of 1994, both directed to my children. And they basically stated, and I'd have to go read them to you exactly, but one is, we have warned you, don't mess with tobacco. The second time is, how are your kids, you don't want them hurt, do you?
MR. BEZANSON: Move to strike.
MR. MOTLEY:
Q. Now, sir, as a result of those threats, did you decide to cooperate with federal officials investigating the tobacco industry?
MR. BEZANSON: Object to the form. “
A. Yes.
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