I'd like to make it clear that nothing Paradox ever did was without my permission. There may be some small things that I felt should have had my blessing, but was nothing that I hadn't done myself in the past... No one should hold against him what they think he has done, and if they do have questions, should come to me first.

DO NOT trust third party info as not everyone remembers exactly what they were told or even heard it in a way I meant for. And a number of times it's likely you were told by people I trusted not to repeat what was said...

I'll leave it simple as this. Treat him as you would, as if you never heard any details between he and I, those are between him and I. If you feel you need to know or they would affect your judgement of either of us, ask us both and get both sides of the story so that you can make your own assumption based off of what you have heard.