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Summary
A letter to the editor of The Harvard Crimson written by Alan Dershowitz, dated December 5, 2018. Dershowitz criticizes The Crimson for omitting his defense against Virginia Roberts' accusations, which he characterizes as 'wilfully false' and motivated by financial gain from Leslie Wexner. He asserts that travel, financial, and TV records, reviewed by a former FBI Director, prove he was never present at the locations (Caribbean, New Mexico, etc.) where Roberts claimed to have met him.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Alan M. Dershowitz | Author / Professor of Law emeritus at Harvard Law School |
Writing to defend himself against accusations and criticize reporting by The Crimson and Miami Herald.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject |
Mentioned in relation to the Crimson story and Virginia Roberts' contacts.
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| Virginia Roberts | Accuser |
Accused of making 'wilfully false charges' for financial gain.
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| Leslie Wexner | Target of alleged financial gain |
Dershowitz claims Roberts fabricated accusations to obtain millions from him.
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| Former Director of the F.B.I. | Investigator |
Unnamed individual (contextually Louis Freeh) hired by Dershowitz who concluded evidence refuted allegations.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Harvard Crimson |
Publisher of the letter and the original story Dershowitz is criticizing.
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| Harvard Law School |
Dershowitz's employer (emeritus).
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| Miami Herald |
Newspaper accused by Dershowitz of recycling false accusations.
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| F.B.I. |
Mentioned in reference to the former Director conducting an independent investigation.
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| AmEx |
Source of records used by Dershowitz.
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Timeline (2 events)
Circa 2014
Virginia Roberts levels accusations; Dershowitz claims to have disproved them.
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December 5, 2018
Locations (3)
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Location where Roberts claimed to meet Dershowitz (Little St. James).
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Location where Roberts claimed to meet Dershowitz (Zorro Ranch).
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Location where Roberts claimed to meet Dershowitz.
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Relationships (2)
Dershowitz defending against claims he met Roberts while she was with Epstein.
Dershowitz claims Roberts accused people to get money from Wexner.
Key Quotes (4)
"I welcome an investigation by Harvard or any other institution, including prosecutors, into the wilfully false charges made by Virginia Roberts for financial gain."Source
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"Roberts made up the accusation out of whole cloth in order to obtain millions of dollars from Leslie Wexner."Source
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"I was able to disprove Roberts’ false accusation by producing all of my travel, AmEx, and TV appearance records which showed where I was, and, more importantly, where I wasn’t"Source
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"he concluded that “the totality of the evidence ... refutes the allegations.”"Source
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3/7/2019 Case 1:19-cv-03377 Document 1-5 Filed 04/19/19 Page 2 of 3 Letter to the Editor: Article Misrepresented Dershowitz | The Harvard Crimson
Letters
Letter to the Editor: Article Misrepresented Dershowitz
By Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan M. Dershowitz is a Professor of Law emeritus at Harvard Law School.
Alan M. Dershowitz is a Professor of Law emeritus at Harvard Law School.
December 5, 2018
To the editor,
The Crimson story regarding Jeffrey Epstein omitted the central point I made in my interview with the reporter. I welcome an investigation by Harvard or any other institution, including prosecutors, into the wilfully false charges made by Virginia Roberts for financial gain. Omitting this crucial statement is irresponsible and unethical journalism.
Virginia Roberts leveled her false accusations four years ago. At the time, I disproved them categorically. The matter was put to rest, with even her lawyers admitting that it was a mistake and wrong. Then four years later the Miami Herald recycled this false accusation and The Crimson reported on the Herald’s recycled report. I wrote a letter to the editor of the Herald pointing to the incontrovertible evidence that Roberts made up the accusation out of whole cloth in order to obtain millions of dollars from Leslie Wexner.
I was able to disprove Roberts’ false accusation by producing all of my travel, AmEx, and TV appearance records which showed where I was, and, more importantly, where I wasn’t during the entire period Virginia Roberts was in contact with Jeffrey Epstein. These records prove incontrovertibly that I could not have been, and was not, where Roberts’ falsely claimed to have met me — a Caribbean Island, a New Mexico Ranch, a private jet, a Palm Beach mansion — during the relevant time period.
I also called for an independent investigation by the former Director of the F.B.I., a highly respected former federal judge and assistant U.S. attorney. He reviewed all of the records and other evidence and concluded that “the totality of the evidence ... refutes the allegations.”
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