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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlan Dershowitz Writes Essay Defending Longtime Jeffrey Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell
*Dersh the Dirtbag is SO scared Maxwell is going to implicate him....(MSN) Alan Dershowitz, who defended Jeffrey Epstein against charges that he had serially abused young girls in 2008, has written an essay in The Spectator defending Epsteins onetime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was arrested on Thursday and charged with six counts related to the trafficking of underage girls, including transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Like every other arrested person, writes Dershowitz, she must be presumed innocent.
The lawyer then spent most of the rest of the essay assailing Netflix for its recent multi-part documentary, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, in which one of Epsteins most prominent accusers says Dershowitz abused her multiple times while she was under Epsteins control.
Dershowitz has for weeks been assailing: If you want the truth about the false accusation against me, read my book Guilt by Accusation which is free on kindle. It puts the lie to Netflixs deeply flawed presentation. She claimed to have sex with me on six or seven occasions, writes Dershowitz in the Spectator, although she had previously admitted in her own words that she never met me or even heard of me.
Dershowitz has confirmed he jetted to Epsteins private island where sex trafficking allegedly took place, but only once. He says he was accompanied on that trip by his wife and daughter. "Thats a lie. My wife & daughter were with me the one time I flew to the island, years before Guiffre met Epstein and years before he was suspected of wrongdoing. Show me a flight log that has me going to island without my wife. You cant because there isnt any."
As for Maxwell, Dershowitz writes in his essay that he never saw her do anything untoward and assumed she was simply Epsteins girlfriend:
My wife and I were introduced to Ghislaine Maxwell by Sir Evelyn and Lady Lynne de Rothschild, and we subsequently met her on several occasions generally in the presence of prominent people such as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, presidents of universities, and prominent academic and business people. We never saw her do anything inappropriate. We knew her only as Jeffrey Epsteins thirty-something girlfriend.
Later however, Dershowitz negotiated a controversial plea deal for Epstein in Palm Beach County that shielded the billionaire from federal prosecution in 2008. Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge (one of two) of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18 and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The deal also shielded Maxwell.
One year ago, Epstein was re-arrested after a cache of explicit photos of girls was allegedly found in his home. The financier was charged with sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy and faced a combined maximum sentence of up to 45 years in prison. Before he could be tried, Epstein hanged himself in his jail cell.
At the time, the New York Times said the arrest deepened questions about why federal prosecutors in Miami had cut a deal that shielded him from federal prosecution in 2008. Today, ever the defense lawyer, Dershowitz urged readers of the Spectator to keep an open mind about Maxwell.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/alan-dershowitz-writes-essay-defending-longtime-jeffrey-epstein-associate-ghislaine-maxwell-assails-netflix-documentary-allegations/ar-BB16jB1z
https://spectator.us/ghislaine-maxwell-know-jeffrey-epstein-alan-dershowitz/
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Alan Dershowitz Writes Essay Defending Longtime Jeffrey Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell (Original Post)
FM123
Jul 2020
OP
The same Dershowitz who, accused of pedophilia, responded by arguing that 14 yo should be legal?
Midnight Writer
Jul 2020
#5
like ted bundy defending jack the ripper
Me.
(35,454 posts)2. See Ghislaine, I'm Your Friend & Ill Help You
You don't want to tell on me
brush
(53,475 posts)8. Right about now he's crapping in his underwear that he "kept" on.
Me.
(35,454 posts)9. You Are A DEvil With Imagery
brush
(53,475 posts)10. Sorry, it writes itself. Dershowitz should be keeping as low a profile...
as possible instead of writing this stuff and bringing attention to himself. IMO it shows consciousness of guilt.
magicarpet
(13,945 posts)3. Please don't tell on me,....
When I got my numerous messages I preferred to wear my underwear on top of my head. Naked from the waist down so my erection would clearly show that my intention was to be satisfied by the under aged girls.
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)4. I think that Epstein sought the friendship of prominent people
to shield himself and possibly blackmail them.
Never shake a dirty hand.
Midnight Writer
(21,552 posts)5. The same Dershowitz who, accused of pedophilia, responded by arguing that 14 yo should be legal?
Sneederbunk
(14,208 posts)6. Ironically Maxwell holds the key to Dershowitz' cell.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)7. Let me interpret that for you: "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not rat on me."
BadGimp
(4,009 posts)11. She's not going to survive this incarceration imo.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)12. I hope he kept his tighty whities on while doing it.