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Guilt by Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the Age of #MeToo Hardcover – November 19, 2019

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A Wall Street Journal bestseller! Alan Dershowitz, one of America’s most respected legal scholars and a New York Times bestselling author proves—with incontrovertible evidence—that he is entirely innocent of the sexual misconduct accusations against him, while suggesting a roadmap for how such allegations should be handled in a just society.  

“Maybe the question isn’t what happened to Alan Dershowitz. Maybe it’s what happened to everyone else.”—Politico

Alan Dershowitz has been called “one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America” by Politico and “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights” by Newsweek. Yet he has come under intense criticism for applying those same principles, and his famed “shoe‑on‑the‑other‑foot test,” to those accused of sexual misconduct.

In Guilt by Accusation, Dershowitz provides an in‑depth analysis of the false accusations against him, alongside a full presentation of the exculpatory evidence that proves his account, including emails from his accuser and an admission of his innocence from her lawyer, David Boies. Additionally, he examines current attitudes toward accusations of sexual misconduct, which are today, in the age of #MeToo, accepted as implicit truth without giving the accused a fair chance to defend themselves and their innocence, and suggests possible pathways back to a society and legal system in which due process is respected above public opinion and the whims of social media mobs.

This book is Alan Dershowitz’s plea for fairness for both accuser and accused, his principled stand for due process no matter the allegation, and his compelling assertion of his own innocence. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to know the inside story behind the accusations against him or who cares about the current societal debate over how we should handle accusations of sexual misconduct.

The #MeToo movement has generally been a force for good, but as with many good movements, it is being exploited by some bad people for personal profit. Supporters of the #MeToo movement must not allow false accusers to hurt real victims by hiding behind its virtuous shield, turning it into an exploitive sword against innocent people.
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The Accusation
“[T]he totality of the evidence found during the investigation refutes the allegations.”—Louis Freeh, Former Director of the FBI

[She Is] “Wrong… simply wrong.”—David Boies, lawyer for accuser
 
The Book
"In Guilt by Accusation, Alan Dershowitz continues a lifetime of work in addressing the toughest issues of our time with integrity, a sharp, clear-eyed analysis, and unbending principle. Prof. Dershowitz, a man of principle and integrity, employs reason as his North Star, and refuses to be silenced by the loudest voices in the room."—Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Harvard Law School
 
“Alan Dershowitz reminds us that popular mod passions and fashions can turn the blameless into public pariahs.  Accused by a woman he never met, he presents a compelling argument that he was framed for money.”—Lucinda Franks Morganthau, Pulitzer Prize writer
 
The Author
“The truth has no greater defender than Alan Dershowitz.”—Benjamin Netanyahu

“In 50 years of working with Alan Dershowitz, I have never met a more principled or honest advocate for truth.”—Irwin Cotler, Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Canada
 
“The fearless, peerless Alan Dershowitz.”—Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi, Great Britain

“Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion and personal courage.”—Eli Wiesel
 
“Over [his] storied career, Dershowitz has remained more or less unchanged: loud, provocative, brilliant and principled.” —Politico

“There are great legal minds; there are those who can also communicate well on television; then there is Dershowitz. The professor is uniquely capable of arguing a position, while putting a premium on legal and ethical legitimacy, not its popularity. Bravo, Dershowitz!”—Chris Cuomo, Anchor And Reporter, CNN

“Anyone interested in the true merits of criminal law and very fine writing must read Alan Dershowitz’s book.”—Truman Capote
 
“Love him or hate him, Dershowitz has lived a life that matters, hugely and enduringly. He is a man in full at a time when most of us aspire to be little more than a presence on Twitter.”—New York Times Book Review

“Courage and principle are rare today. Professor Dershowitz has them both.”—Senator Ted Cruz

 

About the Author

Alan Dershowitz is one of the most celebrated lawyers in America. He was the youngest full professor in Harvard Law School history, where he is now the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus. The author of numerous bestselling books, from Chutzpah to The Case Against Impeaching Trump to The Best Defense to Reversal of Fortune (which was made into an Academy Award–winning film) to Defending Israel, Dershowitz has advised presidents and prime ministers and has represented many prominent men and women, half of them pro bono.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hot Books (November 19, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1510757538
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1510757530
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ is a Brooklyn native who has been called 'the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer' and one of its 'most distinguished defenders of individual rights,' 'the best-known criminal lawyer in the world,' 'the top lawyer of last resort,' and 'America's most public Jewish defender.' He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Dershowitz, a graduate of Brooklyn College and Yale Law School, joined the Harvard Law School faculty at age 25 after clerking for Judge David Bazelon and Justice Arthur Goldberg. While he is known for defending clients such as Anatoly Sharansky, Claus von B'low, O.J. Simpson, Michael Milken and Mike Tyson, he continues to represent numerous indigent defendants and takes half of his cases pro bono. Dershowitz is the author of 20 works of fiction and non-fiction, including 6 bestsellers. His writing has been praised by Truman Capote, Saul Bellow, David Mamet, William Styron, Aharon Appelfeld, A.B. Yehoshua and Elie Wiesel. More than a million of his books have been sold worldwide, in numerous languages, and more than a million people have heard him lecture around the world. His most recent nonfiction titles are The Case For Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved (August 2005, Wiley); Rights From Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights (November 2004, Basic Books), The Case for Israel (September 2003, Wiley), America Declares Independence, Why Terrorism Works, Shouting Fire, Letters to a Young Lawyer, Supreme Injustice, and The Genesis of Justice. His novels include The Advocate's Devil and Just Revenge. Dershowitz is also the author of The Vanishing American Jew, The Abuse Excuse, Reasonable Doubts, Chutzpah (a #1 bestseller), Reversal of Fortune (which was made into an Academy Award-winning film), Sexual McCarthyism and The Best Defense.

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B. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Compelling
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2020
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The late radio broadcaster, Paul Harvey used to have a show entitled "The Rest of the Story". This book easily falls into that category.

I'd heard news reports of the accusations against Prof. Dershowitz related to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Those accusations were carried far & wide by main stream media and the flames were fanned even further by the #MeToo movement. But I've also seen Prof. Dershowitz being interviewed on television where he adamantly denied the charges. His denials have always been very forceful and seemed genuinely sincere. Given the distinct conflict between the charges and denials, my curiosity led me to buy & read his book.

I found Guilt by Accusation to be a very compelling & convincing account of the "rest of the story" that never seemed to make it into the main stream media. And that fact makes the book horrifying. Why horrifying?

First, generally speaking, Prof. Dershowitz's case is a clear example of a disturbing trend in the country where our U.S. Constitution is being turned upside down. Where instead of accusers having to PROVE beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty; suddenly and wrongly, the accused is ASSUMED to be guilty until THEY prove their own innocence.

Specifically the book is horrifying because while Prof. Dershowitz was very publicly accused...the FACT that he has been CLEARED OF THOSE CHARGES IN A COURT OF LAW, has never received wide publication. His book very clearly lays out how he was basically framed by unsavory characters who admittedly lied when making the charges. And how in spite of being cleared, the media in many cases has ignored that fact often even ignoring evidence of his innocence provided to them. Whether or not one buys into the concept of rampant "fake news", this book lays out very clear examples of fake news being intentionally disseminated in disturbing, if not criminal ways. And because of the misinformation campaign an innocent man has continued to be harassed by false charges.

The scary thing about this book is if this kind of miscarriage of justice can happen to someone of wealth and name recognition...someone with the financial & legal resources to fight the charges...one has to wonder as to the devastating impact it would have were the same false charges leveled against an innocent John or Jane Doe. The person would be ruined.

Although the book contains a lot of legal jargon, by necessity, it is easy to read and organized in a way to make clear what happened and why. All Prof. Dershowitz asks of his readers is to give him the same assumption of innocence afforded all of us in the Constitution when they start to read. If readers approach the book with that open mindset, the evidence of his innocence is thoroughly convincing.
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Mr. Buckeye
5.0 out of 5 stars Based On The Evidence - A Very Good Book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021
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I don't like Alan Dershowtz. I started to dislike him during the OJ criminal case. Not because he was defending OJ. Afterall, that was his job and the U.S. Constitution says that criminal defendants have the right to counsel. I started to dislike him because his ultra high level of self-promotion did not, in my opinion, match his record of achievement. I really started disliking this guy when he referred to himself as the OJ Criminal Defense Team's, "constitutional strategist." I am from Ohio and in Ohio we have a name for "constitutional strategists." We call them criminal defense lawyers. Let's face it. Dershowtz, what a windbag!

Why is what I just said important? Because too many people in this country think people "did it," or "did not do it," in both civil, criminal and administrative law cases based on the accused's politics, backgrounds, the color of their skin, their religious views, their educations and all sorts of other irrelevant stuff. But the problem is that the one and only thing -THE ONE & ONLY THING - that should matter is the evidence. Somewhere , sometime too many people forgot about that. Rule #1 in contested legal cases: Evidence talks and everything else should walk. Rule #2 is that people should listen carefully to the evidence and then evaluate it using good judgment.

That is one of the lessons Dershowtz makes in this insightful book. He does not say sexaul harrassment is not real, because it is. He does not say that sexual assualt is not real, because it is. He does not say rape is not real, because it is. He does not say that it is okay to sexually harass, assualt or rape anybody, because it is not okay. It is not even close to okay. It is always 100% wrong. (I hope I have made that point reasonably clear.)

What Dershowtz says is that just because somebody says, or claims or alleges some terrible sexual event happened, and that X (fill in the blank) did it, does not make it so. Only evidence can make it so. (Remember Rule #1, from above.)

So I recommend this book. Before you call me a Commie, or whatever it is they are calling people like me these days, please know that I am a lawyer who has successfully represented women in sexual harrassment cases, and I have successfully represented men in sexual assulat cases and in rape cases. Many years ago I spent about 5 or 10 minutes working as an Intern in the Office of Rep. Bella S. Abzug of New York, who, back in "olden times" was big in The Women's Movement. And back then, it was not always easy to be part of The Women's Movement. (Frankly, my feelings about Bella are sort of similar to my feelings about Professor Dershwotz. Sorry, Bella. You were very smart, very hard working and totally dedicated to your beliefs, but you should have mixed some crazy glue in with your toothpaste. You would have gone a lot farther in politics if you had.)

Which is all just another way of saying: Show me the evidence. Evidence talks and everything else walks. If you don't believe me, read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I shudder.....
Reviewed in Canada on March 16, 2021
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I shudder when I think what western civilization would be like without people like Alan Dershowitz seeking justice. When I first started studying law I naively thought you were inocent until proven guilty, but 21 years later it seems that the opposite is true.
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars This book deserves it's own film.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2020
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The interesting thing to come out of this book is not that innocent people can be maligned, which most of us knew already, but how the process of doing this for gain has been industrialised by the US claims industry. It must provide some comfort to Dershowitz's family that their true friends and fair minded members of the public alike can read his side of the story which is completely absent from Netflix, the press and the storm of pedo GIFS bombarding his Twitter account.

"Don't forget Alan Dershowitz. JE's buddy and lawyer..good name for your pitch as he repped Claus von Bulow and a movie was made about that case...title was Reversal of Fortune. We all suspect Alan is a pedo and tho no proof of that, you probably met him when he was hanging put w JE." [Sharon Churcher - Daily Mail Journalist email to Roberts-Giuffre].

If Dershowitz manages to demonstrate in court the construction of a false narrative in his case, it may cast some doubt on the accuracy of the allegations against Prince Andrew.
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Catherine V
5.0 out of 5 stars Justice is for accuser and accused.
Reviewed in Australia on December 10, 2019
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I have gone through an accusation . Prof Dershowitz asks that truth be sought, and not a successful prosecution. It is , by my experience possible that some people would make devastating allegations for money or revenge. If the police investigation does not seek truth , lives are devastated and future victims claims will be devalued. Peter v
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Atlanta145
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone can become victim of corrupt US legal system
Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2022
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Important knowledge for every adult from 21+. Lawyers remain free while ruining innocent's life. Money extorsion as a business the #MeToo way.
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R J Huggett
5.0 out of 5 stars ESSENTIAL DETAIL TO MAKE SENSE OF A SCANDAL
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2021
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This book reveals aspects of the American legal system that are no better than businessed using shady tactics to extort money.
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