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Fast Forward Hasidic Rabbi Facing Sex Abuse Charge To Be Extradited by Dutch
An Israeli rabbi who fought his extradition from the Netherlands for alleged sex crimes may be turned over to Israeli authorities, a Dutch court ruled. The ruling on Eliezer Berland, the founder of the Shuvu Bonim seminary, was made by a Haarlem tribunal on Thursday at the request of Dutch justice officials who support extraditing…
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Fast Forward Dominique Strauss-Kahn Says Didn’t Know Bunga Bunga Women Were Hookers
(Reuters) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn did not know the women at “festive and playful” sex parties he attended were prostitutes, he told a French court on Tuesday, saying that would have been too risky given his then-role as head of the IMF. Strauss-Kahn, 65, is accused of instigating about a dozen parties he knew involved prostitutes…
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Fast Forward Dominique Strauss-Kahn To Testify About Hooker Sex Parties
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who was tipped to become French president before being accused of sexual assault by a New York maid in 2011, will testify to a criminal court on Tuesday over his alleged role in sex parties with prostitutes. The allegations that he participated in a French sex ring have dogged…
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Fast Forward Plea Deal in Jeffrey Epstein Teen Sex Case May Be Made Public — Tie to Alan Dershowitz
A U.S. judge may allow sealed documents on financier Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 plea deal in a sex crime case to be made public. “Public policy favors judicial records being open to the public,” Judge Kenneth Marra, of the Southern District of Florida, wrote on Thursday, ordering Epstein to explain why the plea negotiations should stay…
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Fast Forward Lawyers Hit Back at Alan Dershowitz in Sex-With-Teen Case
Two lawyers representing a woman who claims to have had sex while a minor with prominent U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz filed a defamation lawsuit against him on Tuesday. Former federal judge Paul Cassell and Florida plaintiffs attorney Bradley Edwards filed the lawsuit in a Florida circuit court, accusing Dershowitz of initiating a public…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz Faces Uphill Fight Against Lawyers in Teen Sex Case
(Reuters) — Well-known U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz has vowed to seek the disbarment of two lawyers representing a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage. But legal experts said he faces an uphill battle. In a filing in Florida federal court last week, former federal judge Paul…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz Denies Claim of Sex With Teenage Girl
Alan Dershowitz declared “totally, unequivocally and completely false” allegations that he enjoyed sexual services from a minor employed by a friend and client. The former staffer for investor Jeffrey Epstein named Dershowitz in a lawsuit charging that federal prosecutors in Florida bypassed victims’ rights legislation in granting Epstein a plea deal, Politico reported on Dec….
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Fast Forward Roman Polanski Loses Bid To Quash 1977 Sex Case
A Los Angeles judge has declined a bid from attorneys for Roman Polanski to close the 1977 child sex case against the Oscar-winning director, a court spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin on Tuesday is the latest defeat for the filmmaker in having the case dismissed without…
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