“Perhaps maybe maximum of three times a year and quite often if I was in the United States”. “I suppose I saw him once or twice a year”, Andrew said. In the BBC interview, Prince Andrew said his friendship with Maxwell dated back to her time at university in the U.K., but claimed “it would be a stretch to say were close friends.” He said he later met her then-boyfriend Epstein in 1999, but he “didn’t have much time with him.” What was Prince Andrew’s relationship to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell? In 2019 unidentified “sources close to” Andrew told British newspapers the Daily Telegraph and the London Evening Standard there were signs the photograph was inauthentic-a claim refuted by Giuffre’s lawyers.Īndrew’s lawyers argue that an agreement made by Giuffre when she settled a damages claim against Epstein in 2009 to not sue anyone else connected to Epstein “releases the duke and others from any all potential liability.” Giuffre’s lawyers agreed to release sealed documents detailing the agreement between Giuffre and Epstein, but claim they are “irrelevant” to the civil case. However, the Prince has been unable to explain a photograph appearing to show him with his arm around a 17-year-old Giuffre, with Maxwell appearing in the background. In 2019, he laid out his defense in an interview with the BBC, claiming he does not even remember meeting Giuffre and that he was with his daughter, Princess Beatrice, on the night Giuffre says they met in London. Prince Andrew has denied all allegations against him. Prince Andrew acknowledged that he served with the suit as of Sept. Giuffre is suing Andrew under New York’s Child Victims Act, a 2019 law allowing victims of childhood sexual to pursue compensation for abuse which happened too long ago for criminal charges to be brought. Giuffre alleges the Prince knew her age and that she was a victim of sex-trafficking at the hands of Epstein and Maxwell.

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