Judge Strikes Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Against Alan Dershowitz
NEW YORK, April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal judge yesterday granted Professor Alan Dershowitz's request to strike allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct. In his order, Judge Kenneth A. Marra struck the allegations, which Dershowitz has declared to be utterly false, as a "sanction" against the filing of those allegations. Dershowitz had sought to intervene "for the limited purpose of moving to strike the outrageous and impertinent allegations made against him..." The court responded to Dershowitz's request by taking it upon itself "to strike the impertinent factual details." The order further provides that the court's "action of striking the lurid details from Petitioners' submissions is sanction enough." It then cautioned that "all submissions be presented for a proper purpose and factual contentions have evidentiary support."
Professor Dershowitz described the ruling as "a vindication of my position and as a caution to attorneys against misusing court pleadings for improper purposes."
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