PATTERSON ng undersea earthquake and tsu- I by several feet, shifting the earth ; horrific and unprecedented. But evotes four pages and seven sepa- That same day, the Telegraph runs imes runs a two-page spread head- VAY OVER ANDREW. lian runs one more piece about HEADLINES DESPITE THE EARTHQUAKE, CHAPTER 63 Alan Dershowitz: September 2014 I f the ongoing lawsuits are costing Epstein millions, he has millions left to spare. Meanwhile, the FBI’s investigation into whether Epstein trafficked underage women across state lines seems to be going nowhere. As 2014 draws to a close, it’s beginning to look as if Epstein is finally free and clear of the case. But for Epstein’s friend and sometime lawyer Alan Dershowitz, things are about to get very unpleasant. At the start of 2008, Bradley Edwards, the Fort Lauderdale lawyer, had filed a motion in a West Palm Beach court on behalf of two unnamed women accusing Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz of participating directly in Epstein’s illegal activities. Prince Andrew had had no comment to make, and Dershowitz had objected to the accusations in the strongest possible terms. “There’s absolutely no kernel of truth to this story,” he’d said. 240 241 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009322¶
JAMES PATTERSON F “I don’t know this woman. I’ve never been in the same place with her. She’s made the whole story up out of whole cloth.” Bradley Edwards had already become involved in lawsuits against Epstein. In 2007, working with a former federal judge and University of Utah law professor named Paul Cassell, he had filed a lawsuit on behalf of another unnamed woman. Six years later, that case is still pending, and now, Edwards and Cassell petition to have the two suits combined. All in all, four Jane Does take part in the lawsuit. Jane Doe 3 is Virginia Roberts, the girl who says that Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her for Epstein at Trump’s resort, Mar-a-Lago. Epstein had “lent” her and other young girls to prominent businessmen, important politicians, world leaders, and other powerful men in order to “ingratiate himself with them for business, personal, political, and financial gain, as well as to obtain blackmail information,” Roberts claims. She says that Epstein forced her and other underage girls to take part in an orgy in the Virgin Islands. She names Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz as two of the men she’d been forced to have sex with and claims that Dershowitz had been “an eyewitness to the sexual abuse of many other minors by Epstein and several of Epstein’s co-conspirators.” This time, Prince Andrew does respond to the allegations. “This relates to longstanding and ongoing civil proceedings in the United States, to which the Duke of York is not a party,” Buckingham Palace says in a short statement. “As such we would not comment on the detail. However, for the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.” 242 Alan Dershowitz also are part of a plot to exto Edwards and Cassell have he’s ever seen. “They manipulated a y interested in money,” Ders offense, and they will be d ever made this false charge But then, the allegations m 15, 2015, in a declaration attempt to overturn Jeffrey I are highly disturbing. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009323¶
PATTERSON FILTHY RICH never been in the same place with y up out of whole cloth.” ady become involved in lawsuits king with a former federal judge ofessor named Paul Cassell, he had other unnamed woman. Six years g, and now, Edwards and Cassell combined. ake part in the lawsuit. berts, the girl who says that Ghis- r for Epstein at Trump’s resort, nd other young girls to prominent iticians, world leaders, and other gratiate himself with them for busifinancial gain, as well as to obtain erts claims. ced her and other underage girls to rgin Islands. v and Alan Dershowitz as two of the ave sex with and claims that Deritness to the sexual abuse of many several of Epstein’s co-conspirators.” v does respond to the allegations. ding and ongoing civil proceedings ch the Duke of York is not a party,” short statement. “As such we would However, for the avoidance of doubt, ty with underage minors is categori- 242 Alan Dershowitz also goes on the attack. Virginia’s claims are part of a plot to extort him, he claims. The motion that Edwards and Cassell have filed is “the sleaziest legal document” he’s ever seen. “They manipulated a young, suggestible woman who was interested in money,” Dershowitz says. “This is a disbarrable offense, and they will be disbarred. They will rue the day they ever made this false charge against me.” It’s a vehement denial. But then, the allegations made by Virginia Roberts, on January 15, 2015, in a declaration filed against the government in an attempt to overturn Jeffrey Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement, are highly disturbing. 243 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009324¶