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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1328-41 Filed 01/05/24 Page 10 of 31 implicated Dershowitz by invoking their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination’* when asked questions about Dershowitz’s connection to Epstein’s abuse, including a specific question about whether Dershowitz had been involved with massages by young girls. McCawley Dec., Composite Ex. 933 Finally, in Dershowitz’s vociferous attacks on Ms. Giuffre here, the Court will see an eerie parallel to the Jeffrey Epstein criminal investigation. Back in 2005, when the Palm Beach Police Department was first investigating Epstein’s sexual abuse, the Department accumulated overwhelming evidence placing underage girls at Epstein’s residence who gave statements that they were being sexually abused, the accounts bearing chillingly similar details. As he did to Ms. Giuffre, Dershowitz called those girls liars and defamed them as prostitutes,’* in an effort to convince the State Attorney that these girls could not even believably establish that they had ever even gone to Epstein’s mansion. Later, Dershowitz would remarkably write to tell the Justice Department that “Epstein never targeted minors.” B. The Litigation Involving Dershowitz - The Florida Defamation Case’ "° In a civil proceeding such as this one, Ms. Giuffre is entitled to an inference in her favor when a witness takes the Fifth Amendment rather than answer a relevant question where that witness is associated with the other side of the case or otherwise in an adverse position to the victims. LiButti v. United States, 107 F.3d 110, 124 (2d Cir. 1997). '° Dershowitz also refers to an “investigation” he paid for by former FBI Director Louis Freeh in an effort to proclaim his innocence. DE 364 at 5. Interestingly, while Dershowitz has provided a one-paragraph summary of the investigation to the press, he has not chosen to make the specifics of the investigation public, including what Freeh learned about Defendant Maxwell’s involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking organization. ' “How Alan Dershowitz Bullied Rape Victims to Protect a Serial Child Molester,” by Rania Khalek, January 10, 2015, https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/rania-khalek/how-alan-dershowitz-bullied-rape-victims-protect-serial- child-molester; see also McCawley Dec. at Exhibit 10, Recarey Dep. Tr. at 109:13-110:3 (“Q. What -- what types of persuasions did Alan DERSHOWITZ use in an attempt to dissuade the prosecution of Alan DERSHOWITZ [sic] or his associates? THE WITNESS: Let’s see. He not only had -- when they went out and badgered the victims, they went through all social media, found photographs of these victims either holding an alcoholic beverage and calling them -- you see they're not saints. You know, they're consuming alcohol under the age of 21. Basically trying to dirty the victim as much as possible.” 'S Dershowitz says that he “loudly” proclaimed his innocence, but he also attacked Professor Cassell and Ms. Edwards. Dershowitz also repeatedly and publicly attacked Ms. Giuffre, as discussed as greater length below. At no point did Cassell and Edwards ever agree that their client, Ms. Giuffre, was mistaken in her allegations against Dershowitz. See generally, Cassell Dec.