During recent testimony, David Pecker revealed that he informed Michael Cohen that the story about Donald Trump fathering a child was not true. Pecker expressed his desire to release the doorman from the agreement related to this story.
Pecker disclosed that Cohen had requested him to hold off on releasing the doorman until after the election. Initially puzzled by this request, Pecker explained that he wanted to free the doorman to avoid further complications. He believed that keeping the doorman bound to the agreement would only lead to more issues.
In December 2016, the company's general counsel sent an email to the doorman, Dino Sajudin, notifying him that he had been released from the exclusivity agreement.