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Virginia Giuffre ended her federal defamation lawsuit against Alan Dershowitz. The Jeffrey Epstein survivor, who was sexually trafficked as a teenager, issued a joint statement with Dershowitz.

The statement said they “dismissed with prejudice all pending litigation.” And that no payment would be paid on either side. The court filing confirmed that the right to appeal is being waived on both sides.

Epstein survivor litigation 

Dershowitz was Epstein’s friend and attorney until he died in prison. 

Giuffre had claimed in 2014 accusing Epstein of lending her to Dershowitz, “at least 6 times” for sex when she was 16-years-old.

 At the time, Dershowitz was an Epstein attorney. 

 Dershowitz accused her of perjury. And claimed she was attempting to extort him. In response, she sued him for defamation in 2019.

In 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced for her part in the sex trafficking ring.

The now 38-year-old Giuffre says she may have made a “mistake” in identifying Dershowitz as one of her abusers. 

The Epstein survivor added “I was very young at the time, it was a very stressful and traumatic environment and Mr. Dershowitz has from the beginning consistently denied these allegations.”

She also says that the suit and countersuit had been “burdensome” for her family, “and we believe it is time to bring it to an end and move on with our lives.”

Giuffre settled with British royals

Earlier this year, Giuffre settled her lawsuit against Prince Andrew. The British royal was accused of raping Giuffre when she was underage. 

That suit was resolved by a $16 million payment to Giuffre’s sex trafficking survivor charity, Speak Out, Act, Reclaim (SOAR). The sum was partially paid by Andrew’s mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Giuffre is also involved with a pending defamation suit filed in 2021 by a fellow Epstein survivor and accuser, Rina Oh. 

The lawsuit alleges that Giuffre’s 2020 tweets allege Oh was Epstein’s co-conspirator. Rina Oh maintains she is a victim, recruited into the sex trafficking ring. 

Giuffre counterclaimed in June that Oh slashed her leg during a “sadomasochistic” act performed for “Epstein’s pleasure.”  And Oh contends the injury took place while Giuffre and Epstein were sexually assaulting her.