Legal scholar and former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz defended an old op-ed about the age of consent on Twitter, sparking an instant backlash. Courtesy photo.
Retired Harvard law professor Alan M. Dershowitz’s decision to defend an old column about the legal argument for lowering the age of consent has reignited an uproar within the legal community against the famed attorney.
Now seen through the lens of the #MeToo movement and Dershowitz’s own national scandal involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the decades-old article caused a firestorm on social media, where the hashtag #CreepyDershowitz trended amid widespread backlash.
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