For years, Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey E. Epstein, has insisted that law professor Alan Dershowitz killed her in her teens Sexually assaulted her when she was a child, and has since settled a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Epstein. Dershowitz said Tuesday that she may have “made a mistake” in accusing him.
In a joint statement announcing the settlement, Ms. Giuffre said: “I always thought I was abducted by Jeffrey Epstein to Alan Dershowitz. However, when I was young, it was a very A stressful and traumatic environment, and Mr. Dershowitz has denied the allegations from the start.
“I realize now that I may have made a mistake in identifying Mr. Dershowitz,” her statement said.
The joint statement announced the end of the lawsuits between the two parties. Giuffre and Mr. Dershowitz — who has also sued her — and two other lawsuits between Trump. Dershowitz and attorney David Boies, who was born in Ms. Giuffre’s accusation.
Mrs. Giuffre had sued Mr. Dershowitz’s reasoning was that he made defamatory comments about her after she was charged. Her attorney would not comment on the statement but confirmed a settlement had been reached. Confirm Ms.’s file. Giuffre has agreed to dismiss her case, which was filed Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
“She suffered a lot at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein, and I applaud her for her work in combating the evils of the sex trade,” Mr. Dershowitz talked about Ms. Giuffre in his own statement.
and mr. Boyce has represented Ms. Giuffre, while not on the matter, said “it is time to end this lawsuit,” and Mr. Dershowitz “has suffered greatly from the allegations of sexual abuse against him – an allegation he has vehemently denied.”
The terms of Ms. Giuffre’s deal with Mr. Dershowitz was not immediately clear on Tuesday, but the statement and court documents said no payments were made by either party.
Settlement of defamation lawsuit filed in 2019, and Ms. Giuffre’s accompanying statement represents a marked shift from Mr. Dershowitz, who has been trying to restore his reputation since taking office. Giuffre made his first public statement in 2014. Epstein was confirmed.
old friend of mr. Mr. Dershowitz, Epstein, defended the financier after he was first arrested and charged with sex trafficking, assaulting a young plaintiff of his client, and helped win a clemency plea deal against Mr. . Epstein. After pleading guilty in state court to two charges of prostitution, Mr. Epstein served about a year in a Florida prison, where he was incarcerated six days a week working outside his office.
The plea deal is far from over. It has sparked more lawsuits, including one in 2014 that sought to reverse the deal for violating a federal law requiring the sharing of non-prosecution agreements with crime victims. (A federal judge later found that prosecutors violated the law by not sharing the agreement.)
As part of this lawsuit, Ms. Giuffre first publicly detailed her allegations against Mr. Dershowitz said he had sex with her when she was a minor. Her claims sparked a vehement denial from lawyers, who had previously been known for high-profile defenses of OJ Simpson, Klaus Von Blow, Mike Tyson and others.
Comments about Mr. Epstein continued, fueled by reports in the Miami Herald and the new attention generated by the #MeToo movement. In 2019, federal prosecutors in New York reopened the case against him, charging him with sex trafficking. Before his trial, Mr. Epstein committed suicide in August 2019.
By then, ma’am. Giuffre’s name is already well known. In the months following Mr. Epstein was charged in a trove of sealed legal documents related to her defamation lawsuit. Giuffre, who sued Ghislaine Maxwell, went public. Mrs. Mr Maxwell’s longtime girlfriend of Epstein was later convicted of child sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Mrs. Giuffre also sued another of Mr. Epstein, Prince Andrew of the British royal family, accused her of raping her when she was a teenager. The lawsuit was settled in February. Prince Andrew has pleaded not guilty. He issued a statement saying he “regrets his association with Epstein and commends Ms. Giuffre and other survivors for standing up for themselves and others.”
Before Mr. Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. Giuffre also sued him and got a $500,000 settlement.
The deal ended two lawsuits: Ms. Giuffre’s defamation lawsuit against Mr. Dershowitz; Mr. Dershowitz’s defamation lawsuit against Ms. Giuffre; Mr. Boyce’s defamation lawsuit against Mr. Dershowitz, submitted 2019; and Mr. Dershowitz’s countersuit against Mr. Boy, submitted early the following year.
The boy in the suit between mr and mr. Dershowitz is associated with Ms. Giuffre’s accusation. gentlemen. Boyce sued Mr. Mr Dershowitz said. Boyce fabricated the allegations as part of a plot to extort money from billionaire Leslie Wexner, whose finances were managed by Wexner. Epstein. gentlemen. Dershowitz reiterated the allegations in a January 2021 lawsuit.
Those suits are moving forward, sir. The boys question Mr. Dershowitz was sworn in at a meeting in late September. Dershowitz abruptly disconnected, citing health concerns.
In a subsequent interview, Mr. Boyce said while he stood by his statement about Mr. “My charges against him have not been withdrawn, and his charges against me have now been withdrawn,” Dershowitz said.
gentlemen. Dershowitz has long been a legal celebrity. At 28, he first entered the spotlight as the youngest-ever professor at Harvard Law School.
His profile grew alongside his famous client, who appeared in coverage of the trial of kidnapped heiress Patricia Hirst and Mr. Von Billow. The Danish-born socialite was found guilty of trying to murder his wife, but successfully appealed to Mr. Dershowitz’s help. gentlemen. Dershowitz’s 1985 book on the case, “Reversal of Fate,” made him famous.
For the most part, Mr. Dershowitz welcomes public conflict; as an advocate for Israel, he appears in public debates about the country’s politics and enjoys the (often negative) attention that comes with representing his prominent clients.
But ma’am. Giuffre’s allegations, which were never proven and did not lead to any criminal charges, were related to Mr. Dershowitz’s private life rather than his work.
Ms Giuffre first made her allegations public in a 2014 lawsuit. Dershowitz told The Times he regretted taking Mr. Epstein’s case “based on everything that happened.”