[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.

[bots]

Originally Posted by jet

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.

it's all about being able to prove it. She had a photo of andrew, without that she would have had nothing on Andrew either