I have no idea what Cohen’s testimony is about. Bob Dylan is a friend of Phil Spector’s. He helped Hurricane Carter who was wrongfully imprisoned and I thought he could help Phil Spector. Paul Shaffer is a very very close friend of Phil Spector’s and is not someone Cohen knew when I managed him. I knew Paul Shaffer and ran into him when I was with Cohen at the Canadian Juno Awards once. Leonard Cohen and this prosecutor seem dead set on silencing me and seem to believe that I am not permitted to speak freely to individuals like Bob Dylan, Paul Shaffer, or Dennis Riordan. That evidently annoys Leonard Cohen.
BOB DYLAN AND PAUL SHAFFER
Streeter: Do you know a person by the name of Paul Shaffer?
Cohen: Yes, I know him.
Streeter: Who is that?
Cohen: Paul Shaffer is David Letterman’s band leader.
Streeter: Do you know a person by the name of Dylan?
Cohen: Yes, I do.
Streeter: Who is that? RT 256
Cohen: That’s Bob Dylan.
Streeter: Were you ever with Mr. Dylan when Ms. Lynch was in your employ?
Cohen: I met with Bob Dylan several times. We have a cordial acquaintanceship.
Streeter: How about Mr. Shaffer? Was he ever around when Ms. Lynch was in your employ?
Cohen: I -- I believe -- I wouldn’t say she was around, but I did bump into him a couple of times under professional circumstances.
Streeter: And Ms. Lynch was present?
Cohen: No. RT 257