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[The NY Independent News, Opinion, Gossip]() --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dershowiz Hit by New Underage Sex Claims While Defending Trump at Impeachment Trial](r/nyindieNews/~3/CURQ318DTJM/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email) Posted: 30 Jan 2020 11:46 AM PST [Alan Dershowitz underage sex civil suit is heating up. (Photo: ] Alan Dershowitz underage sex civil suit is heating up. (Photo: [Sage Ross]() Alan Dershowiz, the ex-Harvard Law School professor who is playing a central role defending Donald Trump in his Senate Impeachment trial, has been hit with new claims he had sex with an underage girl as part of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring. The alleged victim, known only as Jane Doe No. 3, filed a new sworn affidavit Jan. 23 in a simmering lawsuit, not only doubling-down on her claims, but also making her vulnerable to perjury. In a number of interviews on television, Dershowitz noted in his defense that his accuser had not produced a sworn affidavit including her claims. “They didn’t submit a sworn affidavit because they know if they submit a sworn affidavit they would go to jail,.” he told the Crimson. The woman asserts she had “had sexual intercourse with Dershowitz at least six times,” according to the Harvard student newspaper, [The Crimson](, which has been covering the trial. [Bill Clinton Flew at Least 12 Times on Pedophile Billionaire’s ‘Lolita Express’]( The original allegations were contained in a complaint filed Dec. 30 in Federal District Court. She named Epstein in court papers and said he urged her to have sex with Dershowitz in multiple locations. Epstein, a major Harvard donor, served prison time for soliciting prostitution and had been arrested on new sex charges when he allegedly committed suicide while in jail. At least one medical expert has point to evidence that he was murdered. The civil suit charges the federal government agreed to a sweetheart plea deal that Dershowitz negotiated. [How Much Does Nation That Elected Donald Trump Care About Sex Assault?]( Dershowitz, who was called a liar, has flatly denied the claims, and has since filed a motion to intervene in the case, he said to protect his reputation, according to the newspaper. The woman swears that she had sex with Dershowitz in Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach homes, at Little Saint James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, at his New Mexico ranch, and on his plane. “I have recently seen a former Harvard law professor identified as Alan Dershowitz on television calling me a ‘liar,'” she avers. “He is lying by denying that he had sex with me. That man is the same man that I had sex with at least six times.” [Olympic Skater Andy Gabel Snared in Underage Sex Scandal]( Dershowitz, now 81, denied the allegations in an interview with the student newspaper. He again branded them “totally and completely false.” At the time of[Epstein’s arrest last summer](, two of Epstein’s accusers said Dershowitz was either present for, or took part in, Epstein’s alleged sex ring. [Harvey Weinstein Called Sexual Predator, Rapist as Sex Crimes Trial Opens]( In another related development, lawyers for alleged Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre said they intended to seek privileged communications between Epstein and Dershowitz to demonstrate the lawyer had his own motivations for lining up the sweetheart deal. Giuffre’s lawyer Charles Cooper said at a hearing last month he would “seek discovery into “Mr. Dershowitz’s attorney-client relationship with Mr. Epstein,” according to [The New York Post.]( Giuffre claims Epstein lent her to Dershowitz for sex. Giuffre is not Jane Doe No. 3. Dershowitz could be facing a separate lawsuit from Giuffre’s lawyers under the recently enacted Child Victims Act. The law allows victims of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their abusers, even if the statute of limitations has passed. [Donald Trump Caught With Pants Down, Pecker Exposed in Sex Tryst Payoffs]( The amended complaint will also include new libel allegations against Dershowitz for statements made about Giuffre in his new book, “Guilt by Accusation.” In a 2015 interview with a Florida television station, Dershowitz admitted getting a massage at Epstein’s mansion. During an interview with Miami news station WPLG he was being asked by Britain’s Prince Andrew and his alleged sexual involvement with an underage girl. The prince is also caught up in the latest criminal investigation and is facing questioning by federal authorities. Dershowitz called the girl an “admitted prostitute and a serial liar.” Dershowitz said the massage he received was from an adult woman. And this kicker: “I kept my underwear on during the massage.” Bill Clinton has also been snared in the Epstein pedophile sex scandal. Flight logs from Epstein’s private jet, dubbed the “Lolita Express,” showed Clinton to be a frequent flyer along with a madame who allegedly hooked up Epstein with underage girls. Two women have been identified as “pimps.” Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and Sarah Kellen, a former assistant to Epstein, reportedly groomed young girls to become sex partners, and allegedly often joined in. ff/nyindieNews?a=CURQ318DTJM:DxoXt-B_qXg:yIl2AUoC8zA [Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Points to Pilot Error, Possible Freak Weather](r/nyindieNews/~3/w6PsOUpQzfg/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email) Posted: 29 Jan 2020 01:03 PM PST [A Sikorsky S76 helicopter similar to this one was involved in the crash that killed NBA great Kobe Bryant. (Photo: Sikorsky)] A Sikorsky S76 helicopter similar to this one was involved in the crash that killed NBA great Kobe Bryant. (Photo: James) Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash was apparently caused by a confluence of events that suggests pilot error and possible freak weather conditions. Nine people, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, were killed in the crash of the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, a popular craft used often by celebrities and corporate executives. Also killed in the crash were John Altobelli, baseball coach at Orange County College (OCC), daughter, Keri Altobelli and wife Alyssa Altobelli. Christina Mauser, an assistant girls basketball coach at an Orange County private school and Sarah Cester and Payton Chester were also killed. The Altobelli and Chester daughters were teammates of Gianna Bryant at Bryant’s Mamba basketball academy. Kylie Jenner revealed that she used to fly on the same helicopter, owned and leased to Bryant and others by Island Express Holding Co. She said she also knew the pilot, Ara Zobayan. [asketball legend Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash with 8 others. He was 41. (Photo: ] Basketball legend Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash with eight others. He was 41. (Photo: [Keith Allison)](N00) “I still can’t believe this. that was the helicopter i would fly on from time to time with that pilot, Ara. he was such a nice man. hold you loved ones close,” Jenner wrote on Instagram in a tribute to Bryant. Federal investigators are beginning to piece together evidence that could definitely reveal the cause of the crash. But their investigation will likely take weeks. The craft, however, did not carry a flight recorder or cockpit voice recorder, which would have shed light on the final moments of the flight. Central to the investigation is the aircraft itself. The Sikorsky S-76B is a twin-turbine powered, four-bladed helicopter with a good safety record. The helicopter, however, was nearly 30 years old at the time of the crash. The state of Illinois owned the helicopter from 2007 to 2015, and racked up 3,900 hours of flight time. before selling it to Island Express in 2015 for about $516,000. The helicopter sold new for $13 million (in 2014 dollars), raising concerns that it may have been near the end of its useful life. Helicopters are considered to have a useful economic life of about 30 years but that can be extended if it is rebuilt and examined for metal fatigue and the condition of gears, gearboxes, rotors, blades and other components. The helicopter’s maintenance records are unknown at this point. Since The Sikorsky’s development in the mid-1970s, at least five crashes have occurred. An earlier model, the S-76A, crashed in 2002 on a ten-minute flight between gas production platforms in the North Sea. The accident was attributed to a failure of a main rotor blade. At the time, the aircraft was 22 years old. The failure caused the helicopter to plunge immediately into the sea. Two crew members and nine passengers, all rig workers, died, according to published reports. In 2005, a Sikorsky S-76C+, another variation of the craft, crash three to four minutes after taking off from Tallinn, Estonia, on its way to Helsinki, Finland. none of the 12 passengers survived. The aircraft was flying at about 1,600 feet when it suddenly lost steering and plunged into the sea. The official cause of the crash was determined to be a failed hydraulic flight control system and faulty maintenance. Then, seven years ago, on 31 May 2013, a Sikorsky S-76 air ambulance helicopter crashed after departure from Moosonee, Ontario. Two pilots and two paramedics were on board. There were no survivors. A preliminary investigation of the crash, which occurred at night, cited a possible mechanical failure. In 2017, a Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter on a private charter flight crashed in Istanbul, Turkey, killing all 7 people on board. The helicopter struck a radio tower in dense fog. Poor visibility and the heavy fog were probably the main cause of the accident, according to the [Aviation Safety Report](. Bryant’s helicopter also crashed in heavy fog. It did not have a terrain warning system that could have told the pilot he was closing in on a hillside. The terrain safety device was recommended for choppers with six or more passengers, but not required by the FAA, Jennifer Homendy, a spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board told [The Los Angeles Times.]( The terrain alarm system is compulsory on helicopter air ambulance operations, and Homendy accused the FAA of “failing to act” to make the device compulsory for all helicopters. The Sikorsky S-76 was just 20 to 30 feet below the top of the hillside when it crashed with “higher hills surrounding it,” according to officials. The helicopter had circled over Glendale, just north of Los Angeles, several times about 14 minutes after takeoff, according to publicly available flight records revealed by NBC News. The delay was caused by other aircraft taking off from a nearby airport. Before the crash, the pilot began to climb into the clouds. At about 2,300 feet, it took a sharp turn before slamming into the ground. The data shows that the aircraft descended at a rate of 2,000 to 4,000 feet-per-minute. Audio Captured Moments Before Helicopter Crash Ronna Leavitt lives near the crash site where [#KobeBryant]( and eight others were killed. She says this [@ring]( video from her home captured the audio of the helicopter in its final moments. She says the helicopter flew above her housing complex before crashing. [@ABC7]( [pic.twitter.com/wWKc4efdUB]( — Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) [January 29, 2020]( Judging by the football-field-size debris field and a newly surfaced audio recording by a nearby homeowner, the pilot made no attempt to throttle back before the crash. The helicopter was at about 2,300 feet when it lost communication with air traffic controllers. Weather conditions at the time were poor and and raised a red flag at local airports. Helicopters are particularly vulnerable to up-drafts and down drafts, according to helicopter special interest magazine [Vertical](. “Even in moderate storms, vertical velocities can reach 50 mph. Severe thunderstorms can have updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 mph,” it states. Updrafts can be created when wind has to rise to climb over a hill. Downdrafts occur on the downwind side of a hill or mountain. They can also be caused by differences in air temperature and pressure, [according to NASA](. Shifting winds and poor visibility can lead to a deadly phenomenon known as CFIT, an acronym that stands for “controlled flight into terrain.” It occurs when an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle. The crew is typically unaware of the impending disaster until it is too late, according to [The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)](. More than 75 percent of CFIT accidents in a typical year occur in daylight and more than half of those are in visual conditions. Although pilots involved in most CFIT accidents are not instrument‐rated, more than 30‐percent hold an instrument rating, according to the FAA. Audio of Pilot Requesting Visual Flight Rules Dense fog was reported north of John Wayne Airport in Orange County, just after 9 am. It remains a main focus of the investigation. As the aircraft proceeded the fog became so thick that it nearly blinded drivers on the freeway and enveloped the hillsides near the flight’s destination, according to The New York Times. The visible ceiling was reported to be as low as 300 feet, meaning that thick clouds were forming close to the ground. Visibility above that level was difficult at best. The helicopter crashed into a mountain at about 1,300 feet elevation, suggesting it was flying in heavy fog. Pilot Zobayan received special permission to fly that day, even though police helicopters were grounded because of visibility concerns. He was well-known in the Los Angeles flight community and was considered an experienced pilot who was trained to fly by instruments in bad weather. Zobayan had filed a flight plan requesting to fly by “special visual flight rules (SVFR)” as opposed to “instrument flight rules (IFR)” reserved for poor visibility or night flight. Special visual flight rules actually refers to a situation where “visual meteorological conditions” are not ideal but still clear enough to fly by line of sight in areas under radar control. In helicopters, however, there is no minimum flight visibility requirement, or a requirement for an IFR-equipped aircraft or an IFR-rated pilot in command, according to [federal regulations](. Flying under VFR into “Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)” is the deadliest cause of crashes, proving fatal in most cases. The General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) did a study of 41 CFIT accidents. Eleven, or 25‐percent were caused by a pilot continuing to fly VFR into IMC. All were fatal. Six pilots were instrument‐rated, five were not. The conditions beg the question, why didn’t Pilot Zobayan shift to instrument flight when he hit thick fog? According to the AOPA, an organization representing civil pilots and aircraft owners, making the switch would have required approval from a air traffic controller and involve delays. “Spatial disorientation,” is a recognized danger in flight, according to federal regulators. It occurs when a pilot, deprived of references like the ground or the horizon, becomes confused over the orientation and direction of flight. Between 5 percent and 10 percent of all general aviation accidents can be attributed to spatial disorientation, 90 percent of which are fatal, [according to the FAA](. Given Zobayan’s experience, it’s also possible two other scenarios may have occurred. As the helicopter flew into dense fog near the mountain, it could have suddenly been caught in a sharp downdraft causing the aircraft to plunge. It’s unknown whether Zobayan temporarily suffered from spatial disorientation or was hit by a downdraft. But is known he was fighting to gain altitude shortly before the crash. Under that scenario he may have stalled the rotor blades. If that’s the case, the craft may have been caught in a “vortex ring state,” also known as “settling with power.” Pulling up sharply to gain altitude would have caused a loss of airspeed creating vortices at the hub and middle of the blades that lead to a severe loss of lift and possible stall. In that situation, the aircraft literally stops flying. The failure of a helicopter pilot to recognize and react to the condition can lead to high descent rates and ground impact,” according to aviation references. To get out of the condition a pilot must push the nose down to gain airspeed at the cost of losing altitude. That could have led to the collision with the mountain. The weight of the aircraft could be another factor. The model in which Bryant was flying is rated for up to 13 passengers. With nine on board, it seemed to be within its load limits. ff/nyindieNews?a=w6PsOUpQzfg:TrM-CIe3Zq4:yIl2AUoC8zA You are subscribed to email updates from [Hot Poppin Culture News, Opinion, Gossip](). To stop receiving these emails, you may [unsubscribe now](. Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States