Five bombshells from Prince Andrew's court documents as he denies sex allegations
dailyrecord.co.ukAs part of the sex case brought against Prince Andrew by accuser Virginia Giuffre, the Duke of York's legal team have filed court documents in New York today.
Giuffre claims that she was trafficked by billionaire Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to have sex with the Prince in London in 2001 - when she was 17, a minor in US law.The mum-of-three also alleges that, at Epstein's home in New York and the US Virgin Islands, she was forced to have sex with the royal.
Prince Andrew has denied all allegations against him - officially filing documents today to a court. But Ms Giuffre is suing Andrew for unspecified damages and US lawyers say this could "easily" be in excess of £14 million if she is successful.A trial is scheduled for later this year.Prince Andrew admits to befriending paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, but denied he was ever a close pal of convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.British socialite Maxwell, 60, was convicted on December 29 on five counts of sex trafficking and other charges for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004.Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison when she is sentenced by US District Judge Alison Nathan in New York.Andrew’s denials were part of his “answer and affirmative defenses” to Giuffre’s civil complaint against him.In the 11-page document, Andrew denied wrongdoing, but he did say in this document that he met Epstein “in or around 1999”.The Duke, 61, said it was not true he was “a frequent guest in Epstein’s various homes around the world, including New York City where he allegedly sexually abused Plaintiff Giuffre at Epstein and Maxwell’s invitation when she was a minor.Convicted sex offender
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