Alan Dershowitz announces he’s suing a ‘bigoted vendor’ for denying him pierogi

A Massachusetts food vendor is facing a lawsuit after reportedly refusing to sell products to Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz.

The renowned legal scholar took to social media to post about his lawsuit against the “bigoted vendor” at a Martha’s Vineyard farmer’s market who reportedly would not sell him any pierogi because he didn’t approve of his politics.

Bigoted vendor @ Martha’s Vineyard Farmer’s Market refused to sell to me for political reasons. I’m suing. Watch the Dershow live @ 5:30pm est on Rumble and Youtube. Become part of the conversation. https://t.co/G8w98GaMjg

— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) July 30, 2025

The matter was addressed on “The Dershow With Alan Dershowitz” on Wednesday.

“There was the pierogi place,” he said of his trip to the market on the posh island vacation spot. “They’re Ukrainian, Russian delicacies. And I had gone there a few times before, and I bought the pierogi. They were ok. They were not my grandmother’s pierogi, but they were ok.”

Dershowitz went on to recount the exchange with the vendor.

“I went there and I said, ‘Can I have six pierogi?’ and he said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Oh, you’ve run out of pierogi? Too bad,’” Dershowitz said.

“No, no, no. We have plenty of pierogi. I just won’t sell them to you,” the vendor allegedly told the former professor.

(Video Credit: Alan Dershowitz)

“What do you mean you won’t sell them to me?” Dershowitz asked.

He recounted that the vendor then told him, ” I won’t sell them to you because I don’t approve of your politics. I don’t approve of who you’ve represented. I don’t approve of who you support.”

When he pressed the vendor to explain what he specifically disagreed with him on, Dershowitz said he was told, “I’m not gonna tell you. I just don’t like your politics.”

“The clear implication was that he opposed me because I defended Donald Trump on the floor of the Senate,” Dershowitz added.“I think that’s illegal.”

A video posted on Instagram showed Dershowitz speaking with a police officer about the exchange. The Instagram user claimed he had tried to intervene because Dershowitz was “harassing” the vendor.

Dershowitz continued his retelling of the exchange by saying the police officers who arrived sided with the vendor “completely,” as he explained the law and the vendor’s refusal to sell a product. Despite his attempts to show how the vendor’s actions were a violation, Dershowitz was directed to move on by the officer.

“He said if I continue to create a disturbance, I would be trespassing and he would have the power to arrest me,” the 86-year-old said, adding that he told the officer that he was not preventing anyone from buying products from the “bigot” and he was expressing his own First Amendment-protected right to free speech.

Dershowitz’s subsequent discussion about the issue with the manager of the food market was not successful either, as he tried to explain why the marketplace should not allow vendors who refuse to sell products to certain people based on race, gender, political leanings, or other criteria.