Boies, Dershowitz duel in defamation case concerning sex trafficking claims

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prominent U.S. litigator David Boies is squaring off against another top American attorney, Alan Dershowitz, in a legal fight centered around a woman who says she was trafficked for sex as an underage girl.

Boies and his firm are representing Virginia Roberts, who is a possible witness in a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court pitting Dershowitz against two lawyers who are working for her in a separate federal case.

The defamation allegations stem from claims Roberts made in the federal case in December. She alleged that when she was an underage girl she was forced by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Dershowitz, the UK's Prince Andrew, and other men. Dershowitz and Prince Andrew have denied the allegations, and a federal judge this month ordered them struck from the court record.

Boies' law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner decided to represent Roberts pro bono in the defamation case as part of a program that focuses on assisting women and children who have been victims of abuse, a spokesman said in an email.





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1. kick

[Dems to Win]

2. Kudos to David Bois for representing the sex traficking victim against a billionaire

And against the US govt, and Dershowtiz.
she needs the best representation, happy to see she is getting it.

[appalachiablue]

3. K & R

[The Wizard]

4. k&r

[bemildred]

5. Mmmmmmmm.

[billhicks76]

6. Boies Is A Tremendous Asset To Humanity

I've met him more than a few times and he would be the best President we ever had if he ran. Unfortunately, the 80s and 90s were too focused on personal lives. I truly hope this woman gets some relief. Dershowitz is a scary scorpion of a man.

[pnwmom]

7. IF Dershowitz is innocent, then he now knows how Amanda Knox felt when he spouted off on TV

about how the "evidence" showed she was guilty-- even though he clearly wasn't acquainted with the most basic details of her case.

Maybe he's innocent, maybe he's not. But since he hasn't been proven guilty of rape in a court of law, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he failed to give to Amanda Knox.

[father founding]

8. MY deal

Dershowitz make liberal use of the "card" to intimidate everyone.