Dershowitz cites Epstein defense, settlement with Edwards and Cassell, and hires former FBI chief Louis Freeh for independent probe

\TTERSON .o was arrested for hiding more of jewelry. + people involved in Rothstein’s enced. sration with the feds, his was the which all the victims recovered in was put into a witness protec- fifty-year sentence anonymously, m. srshowitz arrived at Shriver Hall, s University, in Baltimore, to talk so obvious,” he said. “There has k, a group of women—students opkins Feminists—stood up in ‘ith duct tape over their mouths, d out of the hall. n read. : student paper asked Dershowitz ~ Ys victims. Wasn't it true that Der q those victims was “asking for it?” 4g showitz replied. “I have an obliga- a ‘ovide a full and zealous defense t0 all the things you had just listed, F » iG und incompetent as counsel.” ~ 272 Fittay Ricu He asked the reporter, “Would any defense lawyer not look on the websites, look on social networks, find out what the woman who was accusing my client was doing? We were able to disprove many of the charges, just like how I was able to dis- prove the charges against me. Falsely charging somebody with rape is a heinous thing to do. First of all, it creates horrors for the person who has been falsely accused. Second, it so hurts real rape victims because it makes it clear that some women lie for money. Our country, unlike others, requires that everybody be detended, and I’m going to continue to do that whether my cli- ents are guilty or innocent. Let me tell you, most of my clients have been guilty. They deserve a zealous defense just as anybody else. I'm very proud of what I did for Jeffrey Epstein. If people don't like the fact that I got a ‘good deal, that’s the job I do.” The suits and countersuits Paul Cassell, Bradley Edwards, and Dershowitz filed against each other dragged on into the spring of 2016— reaching a crescendo with Dershowitz’s argument about the plot to blackmail Les Wexner. But on April 8, all the parties involved agreed to settle, issuing a joint statement that read: “Edwards and Cassell acknowledge that it was a mistake to have filed sexual misconduct accusations against Dershowitz; and the sexual misconduct accusations made in all public filings (includ- ing all exhibits) are hereby withdrawn. Dershowitz also with- draws his accusations that Edwards and Cassell acted 2 unethically. Neither Edwards, Cassell, nor Dershowitz have any - intention of repeating the allegations against one another” q Dershowitz also hired former FBI director Louis J. Freeh to do _ 4n independent investigation. Freeh concluded that the evidence 273 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022170