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Prince Andrew pays financial settlement to Virginia Giuffre
Both parties have filed an order calling for the civil case action to be dismissed.
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Both parties have filed an order calling for the civil case action to be dismissed.
It was announced yesterday that Andrew had agreed to an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre.
The amount to be paid to Virginia Giuffre and her charity exceeds £12 million (over €14 million), according to reports.
It comes as a woman claiming she saw him with his accuser in a London nightclub said she is willing to give evidence against him.
Meanwhile, lawyers for Virginia Giuffre are seeking witness testimony from the prince’s former assistant.
The motion to dismiss the case against the prince was denied by a US judge yesterday.
A US judge has ruled that Virginia Giuffre’s civil lawsuit against Andrew can proceed.
Prince Andrew’s lawyers had cited a 2009 legal deal with Jeffrey Epstein as a reason why the case could not be heard.
A 2009 deal between Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein was used to try to dismiss the case.
Virginia Giuffre settled a lawsuit against Epstein for $500,000 in 2009.
Virginia Giuffre says she was abused by the prince on multiple occasions in 2001 while she was being sexually assaulted by financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre called the action by Andrew’s attorneys to temporarily halt progression of the lawsuit toward trial a “transparent attempt to delay discovery into his own documents and testimony”.
Virginia Giuffre claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Andrew when she was aged 17 and a minor under US law.
The duke’s lawyer claims some of the alleged offences happened beyond the jurisdiction of the New York Child Victims Act.
Last week, lawyers for the Duke of York asked US District Judge Lewis A Kaplan to throw out civil claims brought by Virginia Giuffre.
Virginia Giuffre has claimed she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew when she was aged 17 and a minor under US law.
The prince vehemently denies sexually assaulting Virginia Giuffre.
The senior royal’s lawyer claims the agreement protects him from a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a teenage girl.
He has been accused of sexually assaulting a then 17-year-old girl.
Andrew B Brettler claimed the Duke of York’s accuser previously entered into a ‘settlement agreement’ that will nullify the case.
Documents state a civil lawsuit was handed to a Metropolitan Police officer who was on duty in Windsor.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick said: “No one is above the law.”
Virginia Giuffre said the lawsuit was brought under the Child Victims Act.
Virginia Giuffre claims she had sex with Andrew on three separate occasions.
Lawyers for the prince had said the royal had offered assistance at least three times this year.
Virginia Giuffre claims Prince Andrew had sex with her when she was just 17 years old.
The Panorama programme will air on BBC One tonight.
Panorama’s interview with accuser Virginia Guiffre is to be broadcast on Monday.
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