Having never met a camera he didn’t like nor a high-profile case that he couldn’t contribute to, it should be no surprise that Alan Dershowitz has joined the cast of characters in The Weinstein Company bankruptcy case. 
 
 Perhaps hoping to see another reversal of fortune, disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein has brought the cable new regular onboard as a consultant in the proceeding in U.S. Court in Delaware. 
 
 “If Mr. Weinstein were ever to be charged with a crime, he would of course have a constitutional right to all of his emails and other exculpatory materials, under Brady, Giglio and their progeny,” the Harvard Law professor said in a declaration submitted today with other material by Weinstein’s lawyers (read it here). 
 
 As he has in other cases, the much accused and investigated Weinstein is trying to grab ahold of his TWC correspondence and files as the company he co-founded goes through a death spiral of sorts. Following an expose by the New York Times in early October, Weinstein has been accused by dozens and dozens of women of sexual harassment and assault. He is presently being investigated by the NYPD, UK police and has seen the LAPD and the Beverley Hills Police submit findings to the LA County D.A. Earlier this week, Ashley Judd sued Weinstein on claims that he tried to torpedo her career because she wouldn’t submit to his sexual advances. 
 
 In that context and the straining bankruptcy, contrarian and once O.J. lawyer Dershowitz has leaped in – even as TWC said last month that Weinstein’s document request has zero to do with the bankruptcy. A POV that Dershowitz rejects. 
 
 “I believe that his lawyer also has a constitutional right to these materials while there are ongoing criminal investigations in order to present prosecutors with exculpatory information that could persuade them not to bring charges,” Dershowitz adds in his declaration Thursday. “Moreover, basic fairness dictates that Mr. Brafman be given exculpatory information now rather than later, since such information could prevent false charges from being filed,” he adds. “The exculpatory emails have no legitimate commercial value to the bankrupt company. Their only value – and it is not commercial – is to Mr. Brafman and his client in their efforts to achieve justice.” 
 
 “If helpful to the Court, at the appropriate time I will prepare a memorandum of law providing legal support for the claims made above,” Dershowitz declares, already casting a bigger role for himself, unsurprisingly. 
 
 And the circus goes on. ||||| Alan Dershowitz may not want to jump aboard Donald Trump's legal team, but apparently, he has no qualms with advising Harvey Weinstein's legal team. 
 
 On Thursday, Weinstein continued his bid in Delaware Bankruptcy Court to obtain personal and business records kept by The Weinstein Co. The movie mogul is currently facing investigation by law enforcement authorities over allegations of sexual misconduct. For months, he's been in court and in arbitration without success in an effort to obtain old emails. He believes the material will allow him to "exonerate himself." 
 
 In new court papers, Weinstein's attorneys repeat their claims that due process rights are being violated. Plus, it's argued that Weinstein should get the benefit of discovery to see if any property for sale belongs to him. 
 
 What's substantively new here is a declaration from Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor who is a frequent legal commentator on CNN and Fox News. The former O.J. Simpson defense attorney has been especially vocal of late on the investigation into Russian collusion in the election and sat down to dinner with Trump recently. He was reportedly asked to join the president's team. That didn't happen, but he's interested in Weinstein too. 
 
 "I have been retained to consult with Benjamin Brafman, Esquire who is representing Harvey Weinstein," he states in a declaration. "I have agreed to consult on the specific issue of Mr. Brafman’s access to his client’s personal and business emails. On information and belief, it is my professional opinion that Mr. Brafman has the right to see and review these emails in order to prepare his constitutionally-mandated role as counsel to Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Brafman has the right to defend his client in the courts of law, in negotiations with prosecutors, in resolving civil claims in negotiation with civil lawyers and in the court of public opinion. On information and belief these emails contain information which is exculpatory of Mr. Brafman’s client and places the allegations against him in a truthful context." 
 
 Although Dershowitz says he is only a consultant, he also tells the judge he is prepared to offer a memorandum in support of Weinstein's bid for documents. ||||| Interested in Harvey Weinstein? Add Harvey Weinstein as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Harvey Weinstein news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add Interest 
 
 Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein sued his former company on Thursday, seeking access to emails, his personnel file and other records he contends may exonerate him from multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault. 
 
 Weinstein's lawsuit filed Thursday in Delaware seeks access to the records, which Weinstein's lawyers argue are key to the Oscar-winner's defense from the avalanche of harassment claims made against him since an Oct. 5 report by The New York Times. Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Co. three days later. His lawsuit makes clear that if he is able to obtain the records, he may use them to pursue a wrongful termination case or other legal actions against the company. 
 
 The lawsuit notes the numerous legal troubles facing Weinstein and his former company, including criminal investigations, a civil lawsuit that alleges The Weinstein Co. knew of decades of harassment allegations lodged against the producer and a civil rights investigation launched by the New York attorney general. 
 
 "Mr. Weinstein believes that his email account — which is the primary, if not only, account he used during the term of his employment by the company — will contain information exonerating him, and therefore the company, from claims that may be asserted against him or the company. Further, Mr. Weinstein is in a unique position to offer insight, and further explain and contextualize his emails." 
 
 Weinstein is asking a judge to expedite a ruling on his case. 
 
 A representative for The Weinstein Co. did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment. 
 
 The lawsuit came hours after actress Ashley Judd described on-camera Weinstein's sexual advances toward her, which she said she escaped by making a deal. 
 
 She was a rising young actress two decades ago who had arrived at the hotel suite of this powerful film mogul for what she thought would be a business meeting. 
 
 It wasn't, she said in her first on-camera recounting of the incident, which aired Thursday on "Good Morning America." Judd's account of the incident three weeks ago in The New York Times was a key factor in Weinstein's downfall, and opened the door to an avalanche of harassment allegations against Weinstein and others and a broader cultural discussion of how women are treated in the workplace and beyond. 
 
 Writer and director James Toback, an Oscar-nominee for his "Bugsy" screenplay, has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by more than 200 women since a Los Angeles Times article broke the stories of 38 women Sunday. On Thursday, actresses Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams told Vanity Fair about encounters with Toback early in their careers. Blair alleges that Toback humped her leg and implied that he would have her killed if she told anyone. 
 
 NBC suspended Mark Halperin on Thursday after CNN reported on the claims of five women who said the political journalist harassed them while he was an ABC News executive. Halperin, who co-authored the best-seller "Game Change," apologized Wednesday for what he called inappropriate behavior. And former Fox News host and best-selling author Bill O'Reilly, who was forced out of the network in April after sexual harassment allegations, saw his literary agency cut ties with him. 
 
 Fallout continues to Weinstein and the film production company he co-founded. The Lexus luxury vehicle brand said Thursday it was ending its partnership with The Weinstein Co., which included sponsorship and product placement in company's "Project Runway" television show. 
 
 Weinstein has been fired from the company he co-founded with his brother and is now facing criminal investigations in London, New York and Los Angeles. 
 
 ABC is spreading its interview with Judd throughout its programming Thursday, with segments expected to air during its nightly newscast and its "Nightline" late-night show. 
 
 In the "GMA" interview, Judd said the business meeting in Weinstein's hotel room turned into a negotiation not about work, but about things the producer wanted the actress to do to him. 
 
 Weinstein first offered to give her a massage, then, when she demurred, asked her to give him one, she said. 
 
 "I fought with this volley of no's," she said. 
 
 Then she made a "deal." She said she agreed to submit to him, but only "when I win an Oscar in one of your movies — OK?" 
 
 "When you get NOMINATED," Weinstein counter-offered. 
 
 "And I said, 'No. When I WIN an Oscar.' And then I just fled." 
 
 Judd said she remains of two minds about how she handled the shocking situation. 
 
 "Am I proud of that? . The part that shames myself says, 'No.' The part of me that understands the way shame works says, 'That was absolutely brilliant. Good job, kid, you got out of there. Well done!'" 
 
 Judd said a couple of years after the hotel encounter she was seated across from Weinstein at a dinner. She said he brought up "that little agreement we made," and claimed he was "looking around for the material." 
 
 Then he looked at her and said, "You know, Ashley, I'm going to let you out of that little agreement that we made." 
 
 Judd said by then "I had come into my own, I had come into my power, I had found my voice. And I said, 'You do that, Harvey. You DO that.' 
 
 "And he has spat my name at me ever since." 
 
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 AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney and AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr in Los Angeles and AP Television Writer David Bauder in New York contributed to this report.
– A former member of OJ Simpson's defense team is now assisting Harvey Weinstein. Alan Dershowitz—a Harvard Law School professor and frequent guest on cable news—is serving as a consultant to Weinstein's effort to obtain emails from The Weinstein Company that he sent and received before he was fired in October. Weinstein, facing dozens of accusations of sexual assault and harassment, apparently believes the emails will exonerate him, the Hollywood Reporter notes. He has been fighting for months to get the emails, and Dershowitz filed a declaration supporting the effort in Delaware Bankruptcy Court on Thursday. Weinstein's lawyer has "a constitutional right to these materials while there are ongoing criminal investigations in order to present prosecutors with exculpatory information that could persuade them not to bring charges," Dershowitz said in the filing, per Deadline. He also stated that if Weinstein —who's being investigated by authorities in two countries—is charged with a crime, "he would of course have a constitutional right to all of his emails and other exculpatory materials." (Ashley Judd is suing the disgraced producer for allegedly "torpedoing" her career after she rejected his advances.)