Comedian and actor Larry David says he ends his friendship with former lawyer Alan Dershowitz after what he describes as Dershowitz joining Donald Trump’s legal team. David tells The Atlantic that Dershowitz “made a deal with the devil,” and he says the result is that “they are no longer friends.” The comments come amid discussion of Dershowitz’s broader legal career and public profile.
Dershowitz served as a lawyer for Donald Trump during the president’s first impeachment trial in 2020, according to the reports. Multiple outlets also note that Dershowitz has previously worked on other high-profile cases, including representing or being associated with figures such as Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. David characterizes Dershowitz’s decision to take on Trump’s case as something for which Dershowitz is personally responsible.
The outlets agree on the core claim: David links the breakdown of the friendship to Dershowitz’s role in Trump’s defense and uses the “deal with the devil” phrase. They present David’s comments directly, without attributing a detailed new legal dispute in the reporting beyond their descriptions of the relationship and past cases.
