The attorney, who received airtime from the BBC following Maxwell's conviction, used said airtime to attack his accuser, who also made several allegations against British royal Prince Andrew. "The most important thing for British viewers is that the government was very careful who it used as witnesses," he told the BBC. "It did not use as a witness the woman who accused Prince Andrew, who accused me, who accused many other people, because the government did not believe she was telling the truth."

Following the interview, the BBC released a statement through its press team's Twitter, stating that the Dershowitz interview "did not meet the BBC's editorial standards."

"Dershowitz was not a suitable person to interview as an impartial analyst and we did not make the relevant background clear to our audiences," the statement read.