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Well-known American attorney Alan Dershowitz on Monday (January 5) said he plans to file defamation charges as well as start disbarment proceedings against the lawyers representing a woman who accused him of sexual abuse in a filing in Florida federal court last week.
"I have had many relationships with clients that have affected the way people feel about me. My defense of O.J. Simpson was not particularly popular, my defense of Claus von Bulow was not popular, my defense of Mike Tyson was not popular, my defense of Leona Helmsley, everyone of these brought enmity to me but none of them resulted in false accusations being leveled against me for sexual misconduct based on complete wholly made up stories," he told Reuters at his apartment in Miami Beach, Florida.
"This is different, after 50 years, this is different. I now know what it feels like to be falsely accused of a serious crime," Dershowitz added.
The woman, who is named
