On NewsNation’s Cuomo, attorney Arthur Aidala — best known for defending Ghislaine Maxwell — sharply criticized Virginia Giuffre and questioned whether she should have received payouts from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. Aidala argued that the compensation process operated with virtually no scrutiny, saying that “all you had to kind of do was line up and say that this happened… and they were writing out a check.”
Aidala stressed that Epstein’s estate did owe money to genuinely harmed victims, but he insisted Giuffre was not among them. “I am positive… there were some young women there who were absolutely hurt and deserve that compensation. I don’t put Virginia Giuffre in that category,” he said, adding that Giuffre, who is now deceased, had been “caught… lying so many times.”
The attorney pointed out that federal prosecutors avoided putting Giuffre on the stand during Maxwell’s trial, despite extensive interviews: “You’re a lawyer — why? Because she wasn’t credible.” Aidala also revisited Giuffre’s accusations against famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, noting that she named him repeatedly before later retreating. According to Aidala, when Dershowitz sued her for defamation, Giuffre conceded that she “may have made a mistake” after accusing him “six times in six different locations.” Aidala said the damage to Dershowitz was severe: “Ruined the guy’s life. Ruined Dershowitz’s life in his 80s by being falsely accused.”
Giuffre originally claimed that Epstein trafficked her to Dershowitz, though she later withdrew the allegation and publicly acknowledged that she might have been wrong. Dershowitz, who aggressively defends his reputation through litigation, declared vindication when she backed off her claims.
Giuffre is also known for alleging that Epstein and Maxwell trafficked her to Prince Andrew, an accusation tied to the widely circulated photograph showing the prince with his arm around a young Giuffre.
Following Epstein’s death and Maxwell’s conviction, Giuffre’s family and supporters have continued to call for full accountability for everyone involved in Epstein’s network — a network that critics note was protected for decades by elites in finance, academia, and politics.
