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Alan Dershowitz, Virginia Giuffre, and David Boies all reached a settlement. I'll let David Lat summarize this mess:
What struck me about the statements the parties issued is their congeniality. Giuffre admits that maybe she was mistaken about Dershowitz since the trafficking happened so long ago. When Dershowitz paraphrases her statement, he doesn't try to drop the "may" and leaves it in. Boies meanwhile acknowledges how damaging the allegations were to Dershowitz.
Obviously this is an exceptional case, and the statements the parties issued are quite possibly the most expensive words ever written in the history of the English language given the total legal bills involved. Still, it's an interesting case of how highly opinionated and stubborn characters can still come to an agreement where each side saves a little face.
I truly cannot stand Alan Dershowitz. His encounters with Noam Chomsky, Norman Finklestein, and Bandy Lee make my blood boil.
Can you briefly expand upon why? I only vaguely know who he is. I've seen him in TV a few times as a talking head but that's it.
He's an American lawyer and a longtime Harvard Law school professor who's represented a series of high-profile clients (O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson, Julian Assange, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and Jeffery Epstein). He's an ardent Zionist and Israeli apologist. He's written a few books in defense of Israel.
Norman Finklestein, a former professor at DePaul University, cataloged/criticized Israel's human rights abuses/violations and structured that criticism around one of Dershowitz's books. Dershowitz then led a campaign to prevent Finklestein from receiving tenure. He was successful.
He's had a debate with Noam Chomsky. Dershowitz came off as a hothead and a shameless apologist in my opinion.
I might be wrong about the Bandy X. Lee situation actually. She got canned from Yale for criticizing Trump and Dershowitz excessively on Twitter (I think?). Who's right? and who's wrong? Dunno.
And then his representation of Epstein and then connections to Epstein. Not saying he's guilty of any crimes, but it's a weird situation.
I just don't like him. Feel free to look into him and form your own opinion.
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