Lawyer for Epstein Accuser Ejected From Dershowitz Suit part 1 of 2
When Alan Dershowitz faces off against the woman who says he was part of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring, he may not have to go up against his longtime courtroom rival David Boies.
Though the firm Boies Schiller Flexner has vowed to appeal, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that Virginia Giuffre must seek new counsel amid allegations that Boies conspired with her to bring a false claim against the former Harvard professor.
“Plaintiff’s attorneys must be independent and free to challenge the credibility of Boies and other BSF partners in order to test the allegations made in the complaint they drafted and filed,” U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska wrote.
Boies began representing Guiffre after the Miami Herald exposed the sweetheart deal that Epstein cut in 2008 to avoid federal charges of coercing dozens of underage girls into sex.
The investigative series renewed allegations that Epstein ran secret underage sex ring that catered to a roster of famous men — including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew. Giuffre says she met Epstein while she was underage, working as a locker-room attendant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and that Dershowitz was one of multiple friends and colleagues with whom Epstein later “shared” her.
Dershowitz, who represented Epstein in the 2008 case, in turn accused Guiffre of perjury, saying he never even met her.
When Giuffre sued the famous lawyer for defamation, the lawyer produced a phone call recording in which Boies apparently said he did not believe his client’s allegations.