Dershowitz Says Epstein Accuser Too Late on Defamation Suit (1)

Sept. 24, 2019, 4:13 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 24, 2019, 7:11 PM UTC

Alan Dershowitz urged a judge to dismiss a defamation suit against him by a woman who claims she was assaulted by the Harvard University law professor while serving as a sex slave for Jeffrey Epstein.

Virginia Giuffre alleges she was forced to have sex with famous people including Dershowitz from 2000 to 2002. Dershowitz denies those allegations and has called Giuffre a liar on multiple occasions, leading her to sue him in April.

Lawyers for Dershowitz told U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska Sept. 24 that he made essentially the same statements in 2015 after Giuffre initially accused him of ...

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