NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Prominent criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz took steps to dismiss claims filed in federal court that he had sex with an underage girl in a sex ring run by investment banker Jeffrey Epstein. Dershowitz asked the court to "strike the allegations made against him."
Dershowitz and Britain's Prince Andrew, also called the Duke of York, are among those named in a federal lawsuit for allegedly having sex with teen girls contacted through Epstein, a self-made billionaire who pleaded guilty in Florida to charges of prostitution solicitation. Epstein was released from prison in 2009.