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Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre, court documents show.

Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied.

A document submitted to a US court on Tuesday said the duke and Ms Giuffre had reached an out-of-court settlement.

It said he would make a "substantial donation to Ms Giuffre's charity".

The document stated that Prince Andrew had "never intended to malign Ms Giuffre's character" and that he recognised she had "suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks".

It added that the duke pledged to "demonstrate his regret for his association" with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by supporting the "fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims".


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60393843

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All his lawyers have done is malign her character

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Now all 3 News Channels are Stuck on non stop
Prince Andrew

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"substantial donation to Ms Giuffre's charity".



How Clever of those UK Lawyers

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Time to clean up that street sign

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Ch5HDnews
not stuck on non-stop Prince Andrew

[michael21]

Originally Posted by arista

Ch5HDnews
not stuck on non-stop Prince Andrew

Yes slow news day just one story to cover

Sign of the times

[smudgie]

Ahhh. She got the pay off she wanted.
He doesn’t come out of it smelling of roses, however it’s probably the best outcome for the Queen.

[Parmy]

Oh, he will be gutted hes not getting his day in court he was bragging about last week.

Fat pervy pig.

[Oliver_W]

Oh wow she's getting a second payoff from someone she made an unsubstantiated claim about?

Maybe he's a skeeze, but maybe she is too.

[bots]

it was a civil case so it was always about money. After Andrew failed to get the case thrown out pretrial, all the dirt was going to come out whether he was found libel or not, and thats not something the royal institution would allow to happen, so it was 100% predictable that he would settle

There was enough evidence to warrant it going to court Andrew had a lot of questions to answer under oath. People can make up their own minds, but i am 100% certain he was aware of what was going on. The thing is, his reputation is shot. When the queen dies he will then have zero protection, so i dont think we have heard the end of it yet

[jet]

Apparently 97% of civil cases are settled out of court and Andrew was under intense pressure from the royal family to settle as the media circus lasting months on end from the deposition and civil trial would destroy the Queen’s jubilee year celebrations.

Note he has only expressed regret at his association with Epstein, he hasn’t admitted to the allegations from Virgina Giuffre. I’m very very surprised she didn’t insist that he had to do this before accepting the settlement when she previously said that was her aim and monetary compensation was very much of secondary importance.
Perhaps she didn’t relish being questioned on the stand either.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by jet

Apparently 97% of civil cases are settled out of court and Andrew was under intense pressure from the royal family to settle as the media circus lasting months on end from the deposition and civil trial would destroy the Queen’s jubilee year celebrations.

Note he has only expressed regret at his association with Epstein, he hasn’t admitted to the allegations from Virgina Giuffre. I’m very very surprised she didn’t insist that he had to do this before accepting the settlement when she previously said that was her aim and monetary compensation was very much of secondary importance.
Perhaps she didn’t relish being questioned on the stand either.

Yes…I thought she was only going to accept a payment if he admitted his guilt

[jet]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Yes…I thought she was only going to accept a payment if he admitted his guilt

Indeed. In an Times interview last month her lawyer David Boies was adamant that for Giuffre this wasn’t about the money. “What’s important for Virginia is to vindicate herself and the other victims. Not to let someone escape responsibility, just because of their wealth and power. To hold Prince Andrew to account”.

The thing is though, many other men of wealth and power are escaping responsibility, men who she has also accused of abusing her, like former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, former senator George Mitchell, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, French modelling scout Jean Luc Brunel and the billionaire Glenn Dubin, among others.
She hasn’t taken a civil action against any of these American men.…it seems odd that the only man she is willing to hold to account is a British one.

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[rusticgal]

Well at the end of the day it all spells guilt on Andrews part…we knew from that interview he was massively guilty. Feel a bit sorry for The Queen as it has blighted her platinum jubilee…

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paying out 12 million to someone he couldn't recall ever having met is pretty extraordinary

[Alf]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

paying out 12 million to someone he couldn't recall ever having met is pretty extraordinary

It doubt it comes out of his pocket. We the people more than likely pay for it. Because we allow it to be that way.

[bots]

the majority will come from the queens stash which arguably came from the people in days gone by, but it won't have come from the current public purse

[arista]

Left Winger on LBC 10AM show
finds it strange?

It is a Royal Family, of course a Pay off was on its way

Wake up you Left Winger confused