Word: bulow
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...process appeals briefs. One of these things is not like the others. But Alan M. Dershowitz thinks they all go together, so he's written a book about them. Reversal of Fortune is the Harvard Law School professor's story of the media event that passed for the von Bulow trial in Rhode Island...
Which brings us to an interesting point. The von Bulow trial was a media event because it was exciting. It was trash: good, all-American trash. It was not, however, a media event because of the fancy legal maneuvering that accompanied Claus von Bulow's initial conviction--and subsequent acquittal--for twice attempting to murder his heiress wife Sunny Crawford von Auersperg von Bulow...
Dershowitz' book also takes some personal jabs at von Bulow. The Harvard Law School professor wrote that after reviewing tapes of von Bulow's conversations with an associate, "I asked him to remind me `to bring a pillow the next time we have a long talk about anything...
...insufferable bore on the tapes, droning on and on about castles, barons, and Bordeaux wines. You helped put me to sleep on at least three occasions,''' Dershowitz said he told von Bulow...
...assistant to Dershowitz said yesterday, "He and Claus have remained friends,... or at least acquaintances" since the retrial. The aide, who wished not to be identified, added, however, that Dershowitz, a criminal lawyer, would not work on von Bulow's case in the civil suit filed against the socialite by two von Bulow children...