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July 11, 2019, 2:17 PM UTC

Epstein Lawyer Dershowitz Defends Work, Fights Defamation Case

Erik Larson
Erik Larson
Bloomberg News

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz isn’t backing down from his work for embattled money manager Jeffrey Epstein, a longtime friend and client who’s been indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges.

Dershowitz on Wednesday said he never saw the wealthy and well-connected Epstein with underage girls. He also denied claims in a recent defamation lawsuit against him that he joined Epstein in abusing minors.

Alan Dershowitz in 2017.

“I never saw anything and nobody I know ever saw anything,” Dershowitz said in a Wednesday telephone interview. “If I ever saw him with anyone even close to underage, I would have been out of there and ...

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