Queen’s Son Prince Andrew To Face Lawsuit For Raping Teen At Murdered Pedophile Epstein’s House
It’s not a good day for the Queen of England, whose son Prince Andrew will face a sexual abuse lawsuit for allegedly raping a teen girl multiple times at convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s London home and murdered pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s mansions in New York and the Virgin Islands. There had been speculation as to whether or not the judge would allow the case to move forward, but the decision to not dismiss the suit came down today. Via AP:
A judge has — for now — refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew by an American woman who says he sexually abused her when she was 17.
Stressing Wednesday that he wasn’t ruling on the truth of the allegations, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected an argument by Andrew’s lawyers that Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit should be thrown out at an early stage because of an old legal settlement she had reached with Jeffrey Epstein, the financier she claims set up sexual encounters with the prince.
Kaplan said the $500,000 settlement between Epstein and Giuffre didn’t involve the prince and didn’t bar a suit against him now.
Giuffre sued the 61-year-old Andrew in August, saying she was coerced into sexual encounters with him in 2001 by Epstein and his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre said she was sexually abused by Andrew at Maxwell’s London home, at Epstein’s New York mansion and his estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The prince himself has strenuously denied Giuffre’s allegations. In late 2019, Prince Andrew told BBC Newsnight that sex with Giuffre “didn’t happen” and he has “no recollection” of ever meeting her. His statements led critics to say he seemed insensitive to Epstein’s victims. Afterward, the prince stepped back from royal duties.
Sigrid McCawley, an attorney for Giuffre, said in a statement that Kaplan’s ruling “is another important step in Virginia’s heroic and determined pursuit of justice as a survivor of sex trafficking.”
[AP: Giuffre’s Prince Andrew suit goes ahead despite Epstein deal]
