Messages with Alan Dershowitz

8 reconstructed messages between Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz, grounded in public testimony, scheduling evidence, and court documents.

Saturday, March 14

Alan Dershowitz

Messages reconstructed from court testimony, depositions, and documented evidence. Not actual text messages.

Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz

What's the status on the federal investigation?

Source: Dershowitz was part of Epstein's legal defense team

I've been in contact with the prosecutors. We can negotiate this down significantly.

Source: Dershowitz helped negotiate the controversial 2008 plea agreement

I want minimum exposure. What's the best we can get?

Source: The 2008 plea deal was later criticized as extraordinarily lenient

NPA is the best path. I'll handle the negotiation.

Source: The Non-Prosecution Agreement gave Epstein 13 months county jail with work release and immunity for co-conspirators

What about the victims' attorneys? Bradley Edwards is pushing hard. Can we keep them out of the room?

Source: Attorney Bradley Edwards represented multiple Epstein victims and challenged the NPA; the deal was negotiated in secret without victim notification, violating the Crime Victims' Rights Act per 11th Circuit ruling (Doe v. United States, 11th Cir., 2019)

The CVRA doesn't require victim consultation before a plea agreement in my reading. I'll draft the constitutional argument. We keep the negotiations between us and Acosta's office.

Source: Dershowitz drafted legal arguments supporting the NPA; US Attorney Alexander Acosta later testified he was told Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' during the negotiations (Acosta confirmation hearing; DOJ OPR Report, November 2020)

And the witness situation? Giuffre is making allegations that could be problematic. Her credibility needs to be destroyed.

Source: Epstein's defense team aggressively attacked Virginia Giuffre's credibility; Dershowitz personally filed motions to discredit her testimony (Giuffre v. Maxwell, SDNY; Edwards & Cassell CVRA filings, 2014-2015)

Constitutional argument is airtight. Victims had no standing to challenge the NPA.

Source: Dershowitz argued victims lacked standing under the CVRA; this argument was rejected by Judge Kenneth Marra in February 2019 (Jane Doe 1 & 2 v. United States, Case No. 08-80736, SDFL) and upheld by the 11th Circuit

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