Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has revealed how much money he was paid to negotiate the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s sweetheart prison deal in 2008.
The disgraced financier paid Dershowitz—who also represented President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial—about $3 million for his help securing the deal, the celebrity attorney told Bloomberg.
The figure was revealed in connection with a trove of Epstein’s personal emails that was obtained by the outlet, which also discovered that Dershowitz’s support for Epstein went beyond legal advocacy.
In 2005 and 2006, state and federal law enforcement officers in Palm Beach, Florida, found that Epstein had sexually abused dozens of girls between ages 14 and 16.
He was indicted on state felony charges for solicitation of prostitution