Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer and friend Alan Dershowitz has defended the late billionaire's sex offender associates, whose names will soon be made public as part of a court ruling, saying, “None of us “I didn't know about his private life, which he kept secret.”
As a former Harvard Law School professor, he wrote in an article: Interview with NewsNation's Leland Vitters No one should be automatically convicted in the court of public opinion just by being on Epstein's list Tuesday.
“You can judge them as having shown bad judgment, but you cannot conclude that the accusations against them are true without hearing the evidence,” the legal scholar argued.
More than 150 people associated with the disgraced investor, previously known only as “John Does” and “Jane Does,” have been identified for the first time in court records that a federal judge ordered unsealed last month. It is scheduled to be exposed.
“While some people may be ashamed of the fact that they dated Epstein, remember that many people dated Epstein before he was convicted,” Dershowitz said. Ta.
The 85-year-old's lawyer suggested the judge who ordered the publication of his name was being “selective” in what he agreed to publish, which he claimed was “unfair”.
“I want everything revealed, every document, every piece of paper, half-truths and lies,” Dershotis told Vitters. “And I wanted them out for personal reasons because I knew they would prove what I've been saying from day one, that I didn't do anything wrong. ”
Dershowitz said in November that Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein's sex-trafficking ring, accused him of sexually abusing her 20 years ago. He agreed to drop the defamation suit against Epstein and emphasized that he acknowledged that he “might have made a mistake.” She named him as one of the men she was forced to have sex with.
“And the woman who accused me later admitted that she may have misidentified me and confused me with someone else. So I wanted to reveal everything from the beginning because I had nothing to hide. '' Dershowitz said.
But the former professor understands why some people don't want their name associated with Epstein, who died by suicide in federal prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. he said.
“Any association with Jeffrey Epstein is highly negative,” Dershowitz said. “Anyone who knew Epstein, whether they knew him before or after, people say, 'Oh my god, you knew Epstein, did you do something bad? You must have done it.’ That doesn’t necessarily last.”
Mr. Dershotis, along with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and former Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine), were included in the flight records of Mr. Epstein's infamous Lolita Express jet. It has appeared many times.
The records were made public in 2021 during the high-profile trial of Epstein's girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.
