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ATTERSON

Prince Andrew in there in order
und the world. And every media
lled me, from the BBC to CBS to
ed to lies with the truth.
mpted to convey was that Bradley
l Cassell were unethical lawyers
s against you, right?
to convey was that the charges
fabricated, that I never had any

. that I never had any sexual con-
Because Professor Cassell insisted
: that he was a former judge and
l that he was using—improperly,
y and name of his university to
s, I felt that it was imperative for
engaging in improper and unethi-
e been improper for me to have
bility as a former federal judge, as
ses, his university imprimatur—
ne to attack the credibility of the
formation. And it was important
public that Bradley Edwards was a
in, a man who is spending fifty
ly creating a Ponzi scheme to sell
lidn’t exist.

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CHAPTER 67

Scott Rothstein: 2009

Scott Rothstein was a flashy Fort Lauderdale ex-lawyer who
parked his collection of cars in an air-conditioned ware-
house, kept a copy of the Torah on his desk, and hung a
portrait of Al Pacino as Michael Corleone outside his office. One
of his nicknames was TPOFD, short for “the Prince of Fucking
Darkness,” and in private, he’d say things like: “Understand that
the repercussions of engaging me could open the gates of hell.
Understand that I am capable of evil far beyond anything your
imagination could ever conjure up.”

Rothstein hosted receptions for prominent politicians—John
McCain, Bobby Jindal, Arnold Schwarzenegger—and handed
out hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time in campaign
contributions. He gave millions more to charitable institutions:
the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital; the American Heart

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