Event Details

This document is a press release and joint statement dated April 8, 2016, announcing the settlement of a defamation lawsuit between Professor Alan Dershowitz and attorneys Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell. The attorneys acknowledged it was a mistake to have filed sexual misconduct accusations against Dershowitz on behalf of their client, Virginia Roberts, and withdrew those claims. Dershowitz withdrew his counterclaims regarding unethical conduct and reiterated his denial of the allegations, citing travel records as evidence of his absence during the alleged events.