The Epstein Files/CASE 28/2005 – 2022

The names

Alan Dershowitz

The lawyer who negotiated the deal, the accusation struck from the record, and the settlement with no money

RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Documented / accusation withdrawn

Documented that Dershowitz was Epstein’s lawyer and friend and helped win him the 2008 deal. The abuse accusation against him was withdrawn in a 2022 agreed statement after years of litigation, with no money paid; treat it as not established. His legal role in the deal is a separate, documented matter.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

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Evidence & assessment.

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The lawyer

His part in the deal.

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The accusation and its end

What happened in court.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE

The claims, rated.

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FALSE The names

“Alan Dershowitz abused Virginia Giuffre.”

Giuffre herself withdrew the accusation in 2022, saying she “may have made a mistake”; no money changed hands. Treat it as not established.

Who says it: Giuffre’s 2014–2019 filings.

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Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. Miami Herald: How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime, 28 Nov 2018 (archived) ↗

    Julie K. Brown’s “Perversion of Justice” series. Investigative journalism built on court files, police records and interviews with women who were abused as girls.

  2. The New Yorker: Alan Dershowitz, devil’s advocate, 29 Jul 2019 ↗

    Profile including his account of a massage at Epstein’s house.

  3. AP: Judge rejects sex allegations against Prince Andrew, lawyer, Apr 2015 ↗

    Wire report on Judge Marra striking the allegations.

  4. Doe v. United States (S.D. Fla.), order striking allegations, 7 Apr 2015 (CourtListener) ↗

    The order itself.

  5. Giuffre, Boies and Dershowitz: Agreed statement, 8 Nov 2022 ↗

    The joint statement filed when all litigation was dismissed with no money paid.

  6. Reuters: Giuffre ends defamation lawsuit against Dershowitz, 8 Nov 2022 ↗

    Wire report.

  7. CNN: Epstein victim drops allegations against Alan Dershowitz, saying she “may have made a mistake”, 8 Nov 2022 ↗

    Second report on the end of the litigation.

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