Sun. Sep 13th, 2026

Alan Dershowitz in 2018. MSNBC, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

677. Alan Dershowitz | Early Career and Divorce


Alan Dershowitz is in many ways the sort of person that Alicia would describe as a spider in the spiderwebs we indulge in. He’s represented Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, and OJ Simpson – all three TD alums – and has also managed across his career to push boundaries when it comes to legal ethics and attacks on opponents. Unfortunately, Alan’s first wife learned what it’s like to be against him in a courtroom when they divorced in the mid-1970s, and it was brutal.

You can find all sources at trashydivorces.com, but here is The New Yorker piece Stacie references throughout: Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate | The New Yorker

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Stacie’s Receipts

Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate | The New Yorker

Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor cites Dershowitz’s Epstein ties for refusal of service (capecodtimes.com)

Rape victim files civil suit against Tyson – UPI Archives

TYSON LAWYER: VICTIM ‘IN IT FOR THE MONEY’ – Orlando Sentinel

Alan Dershowitz (famous-trials.com)

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