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iveurasica but lives in Kansas. was elected national comman- der of the 2.4 million member American Legion last August in Charlotte, North Carolina. dur- ing the 96th national conven- tion of America's largest vet- erans' organization, David said in a released statement. He serves as the chief exec- utive officer and official spokesman of the American Legion. with full power to enforce provisions of the organization's constitution. bylaws and resolutions. according to David. A U.S. Army veteran during the Vietnam War, Helm served with the 82nd Airborne Divi- National Commander Michael Helm wiling ins service as chair- man of the veterans affairs and rehabilitation commission, he chaired the System Worth Sav- ing Task Force, a team of ded- icated and knowledgeable vol- unteers, providing in-depth and up-to-date analysis of the status of VA health care to Congress and to veterans advocates nationwide. Helm also served as a mem- ber of the Veterans Planning and Coordination Committee and of The American Legion Ad Hoc Committee studying the Military and Veterans Affairs response to traumatic brain injury and post trau- matic stress disorder. At the local and state levels. sit am Legion Atudilary, having served as District 9 president and as the Depart- ment Junior Activities chair- woman. Helm and his wife are the proud parents of five legion family members: Aaron and his wife, Robie. both gradu- ates of the U.S. Military Acad- emy at West Point, N.Y.; Rebecca and her husband. Jaron Cox. both graduates of Kansas State University; Jacob, a senior cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy; Matthew. an Army ROTC cadet at Kansas State Uni- versity and Timothy. a stu- dent at Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, Kansas. EPSTEIN: FROM PAGE 1 when she was a girl between sponsored by Epstein. Report- 1999 to 2002 on his private edly he and seve 'al other sci- jets. in the Virgin Islands. New entists were in riled to the York, New Mexicto, and in event, which included a trip international airspace. to Epstein's island. Court doc- The scandal meanwhile is uments also mention Little St. also getting increased atten- James as being part of the Vir- tion in London media, forcing gin Islands. Buckingham Palace to issue a According to those docu- denial. ments, filed in a federal court According to the Associated in Palm Beach, Florida, a Press Dershowitz meanwhile woman said she was "forced to have sexual relations with... Prince (Andrew) when she was a minor in London at Ghis- laine Maxwell's apartment, in New York. and on Epstein's private island in the U.S. Vir- gin Islands in an orgy with numerous other under-aged girls." The court documents also noted that Epstein "persuaded. the alleged victim, then 15, With the assistance of (Ghis- \Mlle) Maxwell, converted her into a sex slave." Maxwell is said to be the `laughter of the' late media Robert ert Maxwell. h tiotkment ge -" u"d s thealle womanthat, has filed a detailed denial of woman' claims he had sexual contact with an under-age girl. Her attorneys have since sued Dershowitz for alleged defama- tion. In the Jan. 5 court docu- ment filed, Dershowitz said he has multiple witnesses to refute the allegations made by the woman, identified only as Jane Doe No. 3. She claimed Epstein required her to have sex with Dershowitz, Prince Andrew and others when she was still under age 18. Buckingham Palace has also emphatically denied her alle- gations about Prince Andrew. Dershowitz, who has previously made general denials, said in the court document the alle- gations "threaten to damage my reputation irrevocably." "Never under any circum- stances have I ever had any sexual contact of any kind, which includes massages or any physical contact whatso- ever. with Jane Doe No. 3," Dershowitz said. Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to Florida state sex charges but avoided more seri- ous federal charges in a deal negotiated partly by Der- showitz. In addition to Simp- son, Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor. is perhaps best known for defending Claus Von Bulow in the "Reversal of Fortune" case. The allegations against Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II who is also known as the Duke of York, and Dershowitz surfaced early this month in a long-run- ning lawsuit involving Epstein. Four unidentified women claiming to be his victims as minors are suing the U.S. gov- ernment over its plea deal with vas werwaile.Asil AFC NBC) champion I Epstein, contending their allegedly required to perform rights were violated and seek- sexual acts on several older ing to have the agreement men. thrown out. Epstein's Virgin Islands con- Paul Cassell, a University of nection become national news Utah law professor, and Flori- in 2012 when the Daily Caller, da attorney Bradley J. a conservative online newspa- Edwards, who are representing per. reported that then First the women filed their lawsuit Lady de Jongh worked for against Dershowitz after he Epstein's VI Economic Devel- described them to CNN as "vil- opment Corporation tax pro- lains" in this case and that gram recipient company. they had failed to fact check In 2011 Epstein settled out their clients' claims. of court with at least 17 "They are lying and I can alleged sex-crime victims. prove it." Dershowitz told CNN, Among Jane Doe No. 3's alle- the AP reported. gations are that she had sex Cassell and Edwards say with Dershowitz on the private their reputations had been Caribbean island owned by defamed by such comments Epstein. 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