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A lawsuit accusing Britain’s Prince Andrew of sexually assaulting an underage woman whereas she was below the management of sex legal Jeffrey Epstein and his procurer Ghislaine Maxwell has been settled out of courtroom, a courtroom submitting revealed Tuesday.
The sum of the cash that Andrew has agreed to pay his accuser Virginia Giuffre was not disclosed within the submitting, which additionally mentioned the prince additionally will make “a considerable donation to Ms. Giuffre’s charity in help of victims’ rights.”
The bombshell growth got here in Manhattan federal courtroom, the place Andrew had failed in makes an attempt to get the swimsuit by Giuffre tossed out, and after he had been stripped of navy titles and different honorifics associated to being a member of Britain’s royal household.
The tentative settlement means the lawsuit is anticipated to be dismissed quickly by the decide within the case. Andrew had denied Giuffre’s allegations that he sexually abused her at numerous areas, and within the courtroom submitting Tuesday there was no indication that he had wavered in that denial.
But the settlement will spare Andrew the additional ignominy of being pressured to reply questions below oath for depositions within the case, and face a public trial in New York that may have drawn large media consideration.
The deal comes lower than two months after Maxwell was convicted in the identical courthouse of procuring different underage ladies to be sexually abused by Epstein, an funding supervisor who killed himself in a federal jail in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on federal youngster sex trafficking prices.
Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre and Ghislain Maxwell.
Source: Attained by way of courtroom paperwork.
In a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan, Giuffre’s high-powered lawyer David Boies wrote, “We write collectively with counsel for defendant to advise the Court that the events reached a settlement in precept of the above-referenced motion.”
“The events anticipate submitting a stipulation of dismissal of the case inside thirty (30) days,” Boies wrote. “In the interim, the events request that the Court droop all deadlines and maintain the motion in abeyance.”
A doc referenced within the letter, which was connected to the submitting, mentioned, “Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew have reached an out of courtroom settlement.”
“The events will file a stipulated dismissal upon Ms. Giuffre’s receipt of the settlement (the sum of which isn’t being disclosed). Prince Andrew intends to make a considerable donation to Ms. Giuffre’s charity in
help of victims’ rights.”
“Prince Andrew has by no means supposed to malign Ms.Giuffre’s character, and he accepts that she has suffered each as a longtime victim of abuse and on account of unfair public assaults. It is thought that Jeffrey
Epstein trafficked numerous younger ladies over a few years,” the assertion says.
“Prince Andrew regrets his affiliation with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and different survivors in standing up for themselves and others. He pledges to display his remorse for his affiliation with Epstein by supporting the combat towards the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims.”
Andrew was one among Epstein’s many wealthy, highly effective and high-profile pals over time.
Epstein additionally had long-standing friendships with former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton earlier than he pleaded responsible to Florida state prices in 2009, which included paying an underage woman for sexual providers.
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