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Boies and Pottinger Open Up About That
New York Times Article

By Vivia Chen

T David Boies and Stanley Pottinger. Photos: Boies, courtesy photo, Pottinger, AP.
he questions buzz around him like pesky also very careful not to take any action until he
mosquitos: Why does David Boies keep produced the photos,” Boies says.
getting mired in messes that jeopardize his But first, some background. In a long, rather
reputation? Is Boies making more mistakes? Or colorful article, replete with consumption of ex-
are his mistakes catching up with him? pensive whiskey and Chinese soup dumplings,
These issues are on the front burner again be- the Times tells how Kessler, who purported to
cause of the recent New York Times article that be a computer consultant for pedophile Jef-
portrays Boies and his old friend J. Stanley Pot- frey Epstein, told the two lawyers that he had
tinger as suckers of a con man who goes by the videos of prominent men engaged in sex with
name Patrick Kessler. underage girls at Epstein’s estates. (Both Boies
In a call that lasted well-over an hour, Boies and Pottinger represent different sets of wom-
answered my questions about the Times piece. en victimized by Epstein.) Among his stash,
Foremost, he takes umbrage at the idea that he Kessler claimed, were videos of former Israeli
was “duped” by Kessler. “My view is that if this Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Alan Dershowitz
guy is real—and he sounded credible—then he’s and Prince Andrew—plus a few billionaires
got powerful evidence. I was hopeful, but I was and the like.

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