Prince Andrew alleges that he is "protected" by an agreement signed by Virginia Giuffre and Epstein against possible lawsuits for sexual abuse
Lawyers for the Duke of York have exposed the $ 500,000 settlement the pedophile and Virginia signed, accusing the prince of sexual abuse when he was 17 years old.
Lawyers for Prince Andrew of England have revealed the content of a legal agreement signed in 2009 by his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, with Jeffrey Epstein that allegedly protected both the financier and "second parties" against possible sexual abuse lawsuits. Giuffre reportedly received $ 500,000 (420,000 euros) at the time of signing.
The twelve-page document was released hours before the court hearing scheduled for Tuesday in New York, in which Judge Lewis A. Kaplan must decide whether to proceed with the complaint filed by Virginia Giuffre, accusing the Duke of York of rape and sexual abuse when she was 17 years old and was recruited by Epstein into his circle of sex slaves.
Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and sentenced in 2008 for sex trafficking and died eleven years later in jail awaiting a new trial. His friend Ghislaine Maxwell (daughter of deputy and press mogul Robert Maxwel) was found "guilty" of sex trafficking last week during the trial held on American soil.
Ghislaine Maxwell appears in the photo taken at her own London home in 2001, in which Prince Andrew can be seen passing his hand around Virginia Giuffre's waist when he was 17 years old. The complainant assures that that same day she was dancing with the Duke of York at the Tramp club and that she subjected him to sexual touching in the bathroom of the house and later in the bedroom, where Prince Andrew "sweated profusely on me" while they did the love.
During his 2019 interview with the BBC's Newsnight program, Andrés declared that he "did not remember" having had an encounter with his accuser and assured that on the 2001 car night he was having a pizza with his daughter Beatriz in the town of Woking, on the outskirts of London. The Duke of York hinted that the famous photo may have been faked and claimed that at that time he was unable to "sweat", an argument now used against him by his accuser.
Virginia Giuffre's lawyers have announced that they will present up to six witnesses to the famous 2001 "encounter". Prince Andrew himself will virtually follow the court hearing from his Windsor Great Park mansion, near Windsor Castle where his mother, the Queen, is staying. Isabel II.
His lawyers will allege that Andrés is "protected" by the agreement signed by Virginia Giuffre that shielded not only Jeffrey Epstein, but "second parties" and "any other person who could be included as a potential defendant" against future legal actions. .
The royal family has meanwhile kept a calculated distance from the Duke of York in recent months. His ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and his own daughters were photographed during Christmas in the Swiss Alps where they used to coincide with Andrés, 61, considered at this point as the black sheep of the royal family.
If Judge Lewis Kaplan ignores the prince's lawyers and gives way to the complaint, the Duke of York could be forced to renounce his titles and face a humiliating trial in the coming months.
