ron silver played alan dershowitz in reversal of fortune.
who played alan dershowitz in reversal of fortune?
ron silver
reversal of fortune is a 1990 film adapted from the 1985 book "reversal of fortune: inside the von bülow case", written by law professor alan dershowitz. it recounts the true story of the unexplained coma of socialite sunny von bülow, the subsequent attempted murder trial, and the eventual acquittal of her husband, claus von bülow, who had dershowitz acting as his defense. the film was directed by barbet schroeder and stars jeremy irons as claus, glenn close as sunny, and ron silver as dershowitz. screenwriter nick kazan originally envisioned austrian actor klaus maria brandauer in the role of claus von bülow, but was thrilled with irons' performance.
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on december 30, 2014, a florida court filing by lawyers bradley j. edwards and paul g. cassell alleged that alan dershowitz was one of several prominent figures, including prince andrew, to have participated in sexual activities with a minor later identified as virginia roberts, who was held as a sex slave by financier and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. dershowitz had associated with epstein and represented him in his 2008 criminal conviction. dershowitz vehemently denied the allegations and sought disbarment of the lawyers filing the suit. the two parties settled in 2016 for an undisclosed financial sum. cassell and edwards later said it was a "mistake" to include the allegations in their suit. in april 2015, u.s. district court judge kenneth a. marra, presiding over a 2008 lawsuit seeking to re-open the epstein case, ordered "sensational" allegations against prince andrew and dershowitz stricken from the record as having no bearing on the lawsuit's goal of re-opening the case. in april 2019, virginia giuffre (formerly roberts) filed a defamation lawsuit against dershowitz alleging he had made "false and malicious defamatory statements" against her, such as accusing her of perjury. the lawsuit sought punitive damages and included the previous allegations of sexual misconduct. dershowitz responded saying: "i will prove without any doubt that she is lying about me. she is going to end up in prison."
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