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Alan Dershowitz is suddenly getting cold feet about child-sex case.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/foxs-alan-dershowitz-has-changed-his-mind-about-welcoming-a-lawsuit-alleging-he-had-sex-with-a-minor/On Thursday, the Miami Herald reported an apparent change of heart in constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz regarding a lawsuit that accuses him of having sex with a 16-year-old girl 20 years ago.
In April, Dershowitz, who sometimes works as a commentator on Fox News, appeared glad to publicly air the issue in court, telling the Herald, “I welcome this lawsuit because everything in the complaint is false and I will be able to disprove all of this in a court of law.” Now, however, he is seeking to have the lawsuit thrown out altogether.
The lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has alleged that she was passed around to men including Dershowitz at parties hosted by billionaire wealth manager and accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, accuses Dershowitz of defamation and seeks at least $75,000 in damages.
Dershowitz, for his part, denies that he is in any way backing down — he says that the lawsuit is invalid on First Amendment grounds because the speech alleged to be defamatory is constitutionally protected. He maintains that all allegations are false, saying that he never met Epstein until after one of the plaintiff’s key witness stopped working for him.
In April, Dershowitz, who sometimes works as a commentator on Fox News, appeared glad to publicly air the issue in court, telling the Herald, “I welcome this lawsuit because everything in the complaint is false and I will be able to disprove all of this in a court of law.” Now, however, he is seeking to have the lawsuit thrown out altogether.
The lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has alleged that she was passed around to men including Dershowitz at parties hosted by billionaire wealth manager and accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, accuses Dershowitz of defamation and seeks at least $75,000 in damages.
Dershowitz, for his part, denies that he is in any way backing down — he says that the lawsuit is invalid on First Amendment grounds because the speech alleged to be defamatory is constitutionally protected. He maintains that all allegations are false, saying that he never met Epstein until after one of the plaintiff’s key witness stopped working for him.
He went from "I welcome this lawsuit, because it will reveal the truth." to "This lawsuit must never happen."
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