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At this level, we have to contemplate the chance that complaining about Martha’s Winery is simply Dershowitz’s kink. He’s spent years bemoaning the truth that no one on the famed trip spot likes him and even threatening authorized motion for perceived slights. Slightly than simply spend his summers in MAGA nation the place his function as a Trump apologist wouldn’t trigger a stir, he persists in returning to the island the place he’s so egregiously silenced leaving his voice no different outlet than his bestselling books and 173,000+ YouTube subscribers.
Final week, he informed his followers “I’m suing,” after a pierogi vendor refused to promote to him due to Dershowitz’s politics and who he’s represented. Such a lawsuit could sound frivolous — as a result of it’s, as political opinions usually are not a protected class — nevertheless it does make for a quick podcast title!
Over the weekend, extra particulars emerged with Crooked Media correspondent Matt Berg securing a replica of the police report and writing about it for his publication (snippet included on his social media).
Scoop: I bought the (hilarious) police report on Alan Dershowitz’s pierogi dispute.“Dershowitz said he was going to unfold the phrase to others on the market to not purchase from the pierogi sales space.” The cop warned him to not.However at a lemonade stand, Dersh saved it up. pic.twitter.com/6z9j6yufPA— Matt Berg (@mattberg33) August 1, 2025
And in the event you’re simply imagining what it should appear to be for the Harvard Legislation Emeritus to dedicate his trip time to venting about pierogies, you don’t need to. As a result of as the outline notes, there’s a video of his dialog with the police!
Timeline cleanse: Insta video of Allen Dershowitz being informed by Martha’s Winery police to cease harassing distributors or be charged with trespassing after three totally different sellers refused him service. 1/3www.instagram.com/reel/DMvVG1S…— vantazach (@vantazach.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T20:34:49.826Z
Can somebody get this man an empanada or one thing?
However this episode does elevate an essential query: the place does he go from right here? Dershowitz complaining about Martha’s Winery is the MCU of authorized schadenfreude and we’ve watched him advance from generalized gripes, to getting in a yelling match with Larry David to going after the general public library for not inviting him to speak… however what tops “threatening to sue over Polish dumplings”? That is his Endgame!
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