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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: Accusations of extortion, secret tape recordings, and sex trafficking -- the Jeffrey Epstei
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Its a high-stakes war between two of the countrys most powerful lawyers. Their feud, simmering for years, involves accusations of extortion, surreptitious recordings, unethical conduct and underage sex trafficking.
Harvard lawyer Alan Dershowitz has filed four bar complaints in three states all of which have been dismissed in a quest to disqualify lawyer David Boies and one of his partners who represent a woman accusing Dershowitz of sexually abusing her when she was underage, newly filed court records show.
The pugnacious Dershowitz, 80, and the equally zealous Boies, 78, have been sparring for decades. In recent years, both have suffered damage to their storied legacies, making this latest clash between the two legal titans one of the most important of their half-century careers.
Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard law school and one of the nations most iconic civil libertarians, has defended such notorious clients as Claus Von Bulow, Mike Tyson and O.J. Simpson. But after four decades of legal accolades, he is now facing a sex scandal and is forced to clear his own name at a time when hes facing a barrage of attacks on social media as one of the most fervent legal defenders of President Donald Trump.
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hlthe2b
(101,700 posts)That's a big schadenfreude smile for me today.
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,651 posts)and shredding of the fabric social
The damage they have done to the country to enrich themselves needs to be exposed
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)I don't usually read it but when I do, it's often a BFD.
AND I want to help the best papers stay in business.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)(A plea: Please don't ask me to explain. Any of us with knowledge of the past 30-40 yrs knows. If you don't, it don't matter.)
NBachers
(16,998 posts)I have a hard time buying the "Titan" bit this time around.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)And then when he teamed up with my HATED Ted OLSEN who kicked his ass, it was like another kick in MY gut. And I don't give a damn that he and OLSEN teamed up for one of our Dem constituent group's side.
I see BOIES as one we see too often on our Dem side: Somebody with a word-of-mouth reputation that all the Big Dem bosses pass among themselves about how "good" he is, but is not an authentic STREET FIGHTER. Blah-blah-WORDS about how good he is, but when the chips are down they *ARE* down!1 I just detest this man from 2000 on.
NBachers
(16,998 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)I've known Jeff (Epstein) for 15 years. Terrific guy,'' Trump told New York Magazine back in 2002. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141705027
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Trump was the owner of the place. Epstein met her there and then started the abuse, sending her to perform sexual favors for his friends and business associates. She was a 14-15 year old runaway from somewhere in Virginia. In Florida, the legal age of consent has for decades been 18 years old.
Mc Mike
(9,106 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 7, 2019, 05:58 AM - Edit history (1)
A fucking fraud who always comes down on the side of the nazis, after carefully judiciously weighing the arguments.