Dershowitz alleges lawyer‑led conspiracy to blackmail Leslie Wexner for $1 billion using false abuse accusations

James PATTERSON “Pm thrilled they sued me,” he'd told reporters. “In the end, someone will be disbarred. Either it will be me or the two lawyers.” But if Dershowitz was swinging for the fences in his struggle to keep his hard-earned reputation afloat, he still had a bomb- shell to drop. When deposed by Scarola, he proposed his own theory about why Virginia Roberts had named him, along with Prince Andrew, as one of the men who had sexually abused her at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch, in New York City, and in Palm Beach. A theory that implicated the lawyers who were suing him ina much larger conspiracy. According to Dershowitz, Brad Edwards pressured Virginia Roberts into identifying Dershowitz as one her assailants. Dershowitz said that Edwards did this so that they could blackmail Jeffrey Epstein’s patron Leslie Wexner for one billion dollars. Roberts lied about him, Dershowitz maintained, to give Wexner an idea of what would happen to him if Edwards's demands weren't met. Furthermore, Dershowitz said, he had proof. 252 4 Excerpts from the Deposi October 15, 2015 9:46 a.m. Q: In an interview with Hala broadcast on CNN Live, yo Do you acknowledge havir. A: I have a superb memory, sc My mother had an extraorc college and I was on the de to debate on the Sabbath, the condition that I not tak I discovered that I have a v to— generally didn’t have ously, at the age of seventy have a very good memory, y NO HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022149