Giuffre Refiles Civil Claims Against Alan Dershowitz

In 2022, Virginia Giuffre refiled civil claims against Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who had served as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s defense attorneys. The refiling revived claims she had originally filed in 2017 and temporarily withdrawn in 2018.

Dershowitz, who had long and publicly denied Giuffre’s allegations, had filed aggressive counterclaims and defamation suits seeking to discredit her account. The litigation attracted sustained media attention given Dershowitz’s prominent public profile, his prior defense role, and the broader Epstein accountability context.

In 2023, the case was settled. Giuffre issued a retraction statement specifying that she may have been mistaken in her identification of Dershowitz. Dershowitz has pointed to this statement as vindication; critics noted the settlement terms and context.