Epstein Files Reignite Scrutiny of Alan Dershowitz and a Controversial 1997 Op-Ed

A decades-old opinion column by attorney and former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is drawing renewed attention after the U.S. Department of Justice released a new tranche of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents this week.

The column, published in the Los Angeles Times in March 1997 under the headline “Statutory Rape Is an Outdated Concept,” was writ…