Larry David says former friend Alan Dershowitz ‘made a deal with the devil’ as Trump’s lawyer

The Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator says Dershowitz, who also defended Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein, ‘only has himself to blame’ for being ostracised Larry David has opened up about the collapse of his friendship with Alan Dershowitz, saying that Dershowitz “made a deal with the devil” when he became Donald Trump’s lawyer. Dershowitz, a former Harvard University law professor, has been a member of legal teams for Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, OJ Simpson and Harvey Weinstein at various points in his career, and served on Trump’s defense team during the president’s first impeachment trial in 2020. Reports emerged in 2021 that David and Dershowitz, who were friends and neighbours for years on Martha’s Vineyard, had a public argument during which the Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld creator was heard to call Dershowitz “disgusting”. Dershowitz later confirmed the account was accurate, telling the New Yorker in 2022: “Suddenly, Larry David walks in to buy some groceries. Hi, Larry,’ and he turns away, and he just walks away.

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