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originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Anyafaj
Dershowitz is being countersued
Two lawyers representing a woman who claims to have had sex as a minor with prominent U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz have filed a counter-defamation lawsuit against him.
In their lawsuit, Cassell and Edwards said Dershowitz defamed them when he accused them of 'deliberate misconduct and unethical behavior warranting disbarment' during several interviews with U.S. and international media outlets.
Cassell and Edwards said Dershowitz made defamatory statements in 'reckless disregard' in order to support his claim of innocence.
That's good news. This will go to court where it should be decided rather than in the media. However, it's better to use legitimate sources not the notorious Daily Mail.
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Anyafaj
Sex Slave would be "looked after" if she kept quiet
The ‘sex slave’ who claims she was forced to sleep with Prince Andrew was promised she would ‘be looked after’ if she kept quiet, bombshell court documents allege.
Virginia Roberts said she was contacted by lawyers acting for billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein just a week after she was interviewed by the FBI about allegations of sex abuse at his Florida mansion.
Epstein’s legal team ‘tracked her down’ to Australia, leaving her ‘terrified’, before apparently trying to secure her silence, according to a transcript of a telephone interview she had with lawyers in 2011.
Miss Roberts said she was warned any of the victims who did not comply would be smeared as ‘drug addicts and prostitutes’
‘Apparently there was an investigation being held about some of the girls who had come out and said that Jeffrey had sexual contact with them under the age of a minor and that he was discrediting lot of these girls and making them out to be drug addicts and prostitutes so they wouldn’t be looked upon as worthy in the court’s eyes.’
Miss Roberts claims she told Epstein she did not ‘want to be a part of it’ and would not speak out.
The comments were made in a telephone interview from April 2011 with lawyers acting for Epstein’s victims, who were gathering evidence after the billionaire’s legal team mounted a counter legal action.
A further document uncovered by the Mail shows how Miss Roberts was ‘terrified’ after being tracked down by the lawyers.
In a ‘complaint and demand for jury trial’ filed in May 2009, lawyers acting for Miss Roberts stated: ‘Suddenly, in 2008, [Miss Roberts] received numerous phone calls from the defendant’s agents. ‘Terrified by [Epstein’s] demonstrated ability to track her down on her cell phone number halfway across the world, [Miss Roberts] attempted to reassure [Epstein’s] agent that she would remain quiet. [Epstein] himself spoke on the phone and thanked her for not getting involved.’
In the document, Miss Roberts’s lawyers claimed she was abused by ‘royalty’, ‘politicians’ and ‘academicians’ who were friendly with Epstein.
At one stage, he even ordered a pilot to re-direct his private plane because he was concerned the FBI were looking for one of the girls on board.
He allegedly told his victims ‘bad things’ would happen to them if they spoke out.
The lawyers, meanwhile, were accused of carrying out a campaign of intimidation, using ‘aggressive witness tampering’.
A girl approached by Florida detectives investigating Epstein in October 2005 told them she had already been approached by a private investigator working for Epstein.
‘[The girl] provided no additional information as it appeared her responses were almost scripted,’ a police affidavit stated.
Again, you're using the equivalent of a tabloid for a source.
The woman in question previously referred to Epstein as her mentor and raved about the gifts and world travel he lavished on her. He even financed her travels on her own. Sound like a case of trafficking? Scroll back through this thread and read what she said about Epstein.
originally posted by: eletheia
It will be interesting to see IF as I have said in an earlier post
that she is apparently writing her 'memoirs,' "who" and "what" she
mentions as in doing so she will leave herself wide open to be
sued for libel.
originally posted by: Anyafaj
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Anyafaj
Sex Slave would be "looked after" if she kept quiet
The ‘sex slave’ who claims she was forced to sleep with Prince Andrew was promised she would ‘be looked after’ if she kept quiet, bombshell court documents allege.
Virginia Roberts said she was contacted by lawyers acting for billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein just a week after she was interviewed by the FBI about allegations of sex abuse at his Florida mansion.
Epstein’s legal team ‘tracked her down’ to Australia, leaving her ‘terrified’, before apparently trying to secure her silence, according to a transcript of a telephone interview she had with lawyers in 2011.
Miss Roberts said she was warned any of the victims who did not comply would be smeared as ‘drug addicts and prostitutes’
‘Apparently there was an investigation being held about some of the girls who had come out and said that Jeffrey had sexual contact with them under the age of a minor and that he was discrediting lot of these girls and making them out to be drug addicts and prostitutes so they wouldn’t be looked upon as worthy in the court’s eyes.’
Miss Roberts claims she told Epstein she did not ‘want to be a part of it’ and would not speak out.
The comments were made in a telephone interview from April 2011 with lawyers acting for Epstein’s victims, who were gathering evidence after the billionaire’s legal team mounted a counter legal action.
A further document uncovered by the Mail shows how Miss Roberts was ‘terrified’ after being tracked down by the lawyers.
In a ‘complaint and demand for jury trial’ filed in May 2009, lawyers acting for Miss Roberts stated: ‘Suddenly, in 2008, [Miss Roberts] received numerous phone calls from the defendant’s agents. ‘Terrified by [Epstein’s] demonstrated ability to track her down on her cell phone number halfway across the world, [Miss Roberts] attempted to reassure [Epstein’s] agent that she would remain quiet. [Epstein] himself spoke on the phone and thanked her for not getting involved.’
In the document, Miss Roberts’s lawyers claimed she was abused by ‘royalty’, ‘politicians’ and ‘academicians’ who were friendly with Epstein.
At one stage, he even ordered a pilot to re-direct his private plane because he was concerned the FBI were looking for one of the girls on board.
He allegedly told his victims ‘bad things’ would happen to them if they spoke out.
The lawyers, meanwhile, were accused of carrying out a campaign of intimidation, using ‘aggressive witness tampering’.
A girl approached by Florida detectives investigating Epstein in October 2005 told them she had already been approached by a private investigator working for Epstein.
‘[The girl] provided no additional information as it appeared her responses were almost scripted,’ a police affidavit stated.
Again, you're using the equivalent of a tabloid for a source.
The woman in question previously referred to Epstein as her mentor and raved about the gifts and world travel he lavished on her. He even financed her travels on her own. Sound like a case of trafficking? Scroll back through this thread and read what she said about Epstein.
I agree there are a LOT of questions here that need answering. Supposedly she met Epstein at age 15!! Now if she's doing all this world travel, where the hell are her folks? Why aren't they concerned for where their daughter is? And don't give me the Masseuse line. My arse! And completely agree the money and gifts very much so muddy the waters, but that fact that he groomed her at 15, also muddy them, wouldn't you agree? A LOT of questions, not a lot of answers.
originally posted by: Anyafaj
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Anyafaj
Sex Slave would be "looked after" if she kept quiet
The ‘sex slave’ who claims she was forced to sleep with Prince Andrew was promised she would ‘be looked after’ if she kept quiet, bombshell court documents allege.
Virginia Roberts said she was contacted by lawyers acting for billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein just a week after she was interviewed by the FBI about allegations of sex abuse at his Florida mansion.
Epstein’s legal team ‘tracked her down’ to Australia, leaving her ‘terrified’, before apparently trying to secure her silence, according to a transcript of a telephone interview she had with lawyers in 2011.
Miss Roberts said she was warned any of the victims who did not comply would be smeared as ‘drug addicts and prostitutes’
‘Apparently there was an investigation being held about some of the girls who had come out and said that Jeffrey had sexual contact with them under the age of a minor and that he was discrediting lot of these girls and making them out to be drug addicts and prostitutes so they wouldn’t be looked upon as worthy in the court’s eyes.’
Miss Roberts claims she told Epstein she did not ‘want to be a part of it’ and would not speak out.
The comments were made in a telephone interview from April 2011 with lawyers acting for Epstein’s victims, who were gathering evidence after the billionaire’s legal team mounted a counter legal action.
A further document uncovered by the Mail shows how Miss Roberts was ‘terrified’ after being tracked down by the lawyers.
In a ‘complaint and demand for jury trial’ filed in May 2009, lawyers acting for Miss Roberts stated: ‘Suddenly, in 2008, [Miss Roberts] received numerous phone calls from the defendant’s agents. ‘Terrified by [Epstein’s] demonstrated ability to track her down on her cell phone number halfway across the world, [Miss Roberts] attempted to reassure [Epstein’s] agent that she would remain quiet. [Epstein] himself spoke on the phone and thanked her for not getting involved.’
In the document, Miss Roberts’s lawyers claimed she was abused by ‘royalty’, ‘politicians’ and ‘academicians’ who were friendly with Epstein.
At one stage, he even ordered a pilot to re-direct his private plane because he was concerned the FBI were looking for one of the girls on board.
He allegedly told his victims ‘bad things’ would happen to them if they spoke out.
The lawyers, meanwhile, were accused of carrying out a campaign of intimidation, using ‘aggressive witness tampering’.
A girl approached by Florida detectives investigating Epstein in October 2005 told them she had already been approached by a private investigator working for Epstein.
‘[The girl] provided no additional information as it appeared her responses were almost scripted,’ a police affidavit stated.
Again, you're using the equivalent of a tabloid for a source.
The woman in question previously referred to Epstein as her mentor and raved about the gifts and world travel he lavished on her. He even financed her travels on her own. Sound like a case of trafficking? Scroll back through this thread and read what she said about Epstein.
I agree there are a LOT of questions here that need answering. Supposedly she met Epstein at age 15!! Now if she's doing all this world travel, where the hell are her folks? Why aren't they concerned for where their daughter is? And don't give me the Masseuse line. My arse! And completely agree the money and gifts very much so muddy the waters, but that fact that he groomed her at 15, also muddy them, wouldn't you agree? A LOT of questions, not a lot of answers.
originally posted by: WarminIndy
originally posted by: Tangerine
Has it really reached the point where some people hope this woman was trafficked just so a Royal can be kicked down the steps?
That's the feeling I am getting also.
I suspect that when Dershowitz finishes with her and her lawyers there will be no memoirs or they'll be heavily abridged.
originally posted by: Tangerine
Your lack of concern about actual evidence is puzzling. I should think that would be a mandatory requirement to conclude that someone is guilty of a crime.
opened an investigation into allegations that Epstein had been paying for sex with underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion for years. By the following year federal prosecutors said they had identified 40 young women who may have been illegally procured by Epstein.
originally posted by: midicon
a reply to: Tangerine
I suspect that when Dershowitz finishes with her and her lawyers there will be no memoirs or they'll be heavily abridged.
It would appear that Dershowitz has shot himself in the foot as he is now the subject of a libel suit from her lawyers. Going by the comments he made in public about them deservedly so.
Edit to add...They also have requested copies of his passport pages to prove travel dates, locations etc.,
Perhaps you would prefer it if none of Epstein's victims came forward and god forbid that they should name any names. Or at least anyone that you disapprove of being named.
Want to bet which lawyers come out on top in this duel? My money is on Dershowitz. Who's your money on?
originally posted by: Ridhya
Once again, best case scenario, he's with an underage prostitute in a pedophile's mansion and didnt bother asking questions about why she looks like she's in freaking high school?!
originally posted by: midicon
a reply to: Tangerine
Want to bet which lawyers come out on top in this duel? My money is on Dershowitz. Who's your money on?
It did cross my mind that Dershowitz may be a more powerful figure than her lawyers. Let's not also forget who the establishment is supporting. I wouldn't want to bet, I am not so shallow. From the statement made by him regarding her lawyers then he shouldn't have a leg to stand on but who can say what the outcome will be. Have you considered that even if everything she says is true the miscreants may still walk away untarnished. As it stands why not look at all the data available and at least reach some sort of conclusion of your own? Or should we trust in the justice system when it comes to these types of cases concerning the rich and powerful.
originally posted by: midicon
a reply to: Tangerine
There is no point in me saying why I find her credible...there have been reasons enough posted in this thread to satisfy me without expanding on the subject. I do wonder at your motivations though for taking the stance you do. All the points you have raised have been answered by other posters and you have not taken any on board...as is your right of course.
Regards Dershowitz he has been a fool, not by his display of public outrage but by publicly maligning her lawyers. I suppose as the saying goes, the best form of defence is attack.
She cannot sue without proof and this might be difficult to do. If what she says is true would you rather she kept quiet? Investigating Andrew is not going to be easy, look at the state of the current investigation of abuse at Westminster, all stymied, hushed up and going nowhere. I am sure Andrew will receive the same support from the corrupt establishment that pulls the strings at Westminster. This in conjunction with the same bunch in the USA will derail any enquiry.
Just look at Epstein's plea bargain...enough said.