Epstein Secrets

e maroon volume engraved with the following words: “Chief Judge David L. Bazelon 54 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017141 4.2.12 WC: 191694 Opinions 1962-1963 Alan M. Dershowitz, Law Clerk” It is a treasured possession. A year in the life of! And what a year it was. My first case involved a man named “Daniel Jackson Oliver

, he can instantly tell whether they know me from TV or from personal interactions—whether they know what he calls “The Dersh Character” or “the real Alan.” This sharp dichotomy between my public and private personas was brought home to me quite dramatically, when a major motion picture, Reversal of Fo

ty, a burial society, the Young Israel synagogue and the Torah V’Daas Yeshiva. Their day jobs were typical for their generation of Jewish immigrants. Louis Dershowitz, my paternal grandfather, sold corrugated boxes. Naphtali Ringel, my maternal grandfather, was a jeweler. My grandmothers, Ida and Blima, took care o

could aspire to work in an advertising firm or a “funeral parlor.” My mother asked whether I could be a lawyer, to which the counselor replied, “Mrs. Dershowitz, I’m afraid you have to go to college to be a lawyer, and your boy just isn’t college material.” Many years later, following a talk I gave at a temp

fe) HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017160 4.2.12 WC: 191694 Professor Dershowitz sees his job not as teaching “the specifics of la

ecisions should, in a democracy, be subjected to the checks and balances not only by the other branches of 2 See Alan Dershowitz, Finding Jefferson (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008). 3 See Alan Dershowitz, “Preventive Disbarment: The Numbers Are Against It,” American Bar Association Journal 58 (Aug

e that's at issue in this case, our client said, "Now her 6 story has grown and evolved, and she's included allegations 7 about world leaders and Alan Dershowitz, which he denies." We 8 can't just take that part out of her statement, that's what 9 Ms. Maxwell put in her statement. 10 And your Honor, what

at statement, 6 so there's no substantive evidence on that point that would be 7 coming in. 8 And the third category is with respect to 9 Mr. Dershowitz, who is on the defendant's witness list for 10 trial, and we have a few points there to raise. I mean, one is 11 obviously that if that were allo

included allegations 7 about world leaders and Alan Dershowitz, which he denies." We 8 can't just t

se kinds of payments. 20 We also want to show more broadly that Ms. and the 21 other girls were not coming into a bungalow in the middle of 22 Hoboken or whatever. They were coming into a mansion in one of 23 the most -- 24 THE COURT: Well, that's got nothing to do with her 25 financial status.

he one that's at issue in this case, our client said, "Now her story has grown and evolved, and she's included allegations about world leaders and Alan Dershowitz, which he denies." We can't just take that part out of her statement, that's what Ms. Maxwell put in her statement. And your Honor, what we will u

at statement, 6 so there's no substantive evidence on that point that would be 7 coming in. 8 And the third category is with respect to 9 Mr. Dershowitz, who is on the defendant's witness list for 10 trial, and we have a few points there to raise. I mean, one is 11 obviously that if that were allo

arate lawsuit that's spun out of this situation where Cassell and Edwards filed a defamation action in Florida State Court against Alan Dershowitz. Alan. Dershowitz then counterclaimed. That was litigated in Florida State Court for about a year. Ultimately, the parties settled their differences in

to show those kinds of payments. We also want to show more broadly that Ms. and the other girls were not coming into a bungalow in the middle of Hoboken or whatever. They were coming into a mansion in one of the most -- THE COURT: Well, that's got nothing to do with her financial status. SOUTHERN D

arate lawsuit that's spun out of this situation where Cassell and Edwards filed a defamation action in Florida State Court against Alan Dershowitz. Alan Dershowitz then counterclaimed. That was litigated in Florida State Court for about a year. Ultimately, the parties settled their differences in an undisclose

ere to make that statement, so there's no substantive evidence on that point that would be coming in. And the third category is with respect to Mr. Dershowitz, who is on the defendant's witness list for trial, and we have a few points there to raise. I mean, one is obviously that if that were allowed to c

e's included allegations about world leaders and Alan Dershowitz, which he denies." We can't just take

show those kinds of payments. We also want to show more broadly that Ms. Giuffre and the other girls were not coming into a bungalow in the middle of Hoboken or whatever. They were coming into a mansion in one of the most -- THE COURT: Well, that's got nothing to do with her financial status. SOUTHERN