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Guilt by accusation : the challenge of proving innocence in the age of #MeToo / Alan Dershowitz.

by Dershowitz, Alan M.

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Hot Books, 2019.

Dershowitz, Alan M.

Malicious accusation.

Sex crimes -- Investigation.

Due process of law.

Presumption of innocence.

MeToo movement.

9781510757530 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Challenge of proving innocence in the age of #MeToo

160 p. : facsimiles ; 24 cm.

How I met Jeffrey Epstein -- "You've been accused" -- David Boies and his firm create a conflict of interest -- The chronology of a frame-up : the newly unsealed emails and manuscript -- Suitable for framing : why me? -- Being exculpated -- The #MeToo movement : virtues, vices and suggested improvements -- A pattern of perjury suborned -- A mystery following Epstein's suicide : why did David Boies drop the ball against Leslie Wexner? -- The weaponization of the media to defame and sue -- I demand to be investigated -- Being sued for telling the truth : a grave danger to the First Amendment -- Conclusion. It could happen to you!

"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"--Jacket.

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