Prince Andrew has requested a US choose to dismiss Virginia Giuffre’s civil lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was 17.
In a submitting with the US district court docket in Manhattan on Friday, the Duke of York stated the case needs to be dismissed as a result of Giuffre did not state a declare warranting aid.
He additionally stated that if dismissal weren’t granted, Giuffre ought to present a “extra definitive assertion” of her allegations.
Attorneys for Giuffre didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Giuffre, 38, who’s one among Jeffrey Epstein’s most distinguished accusers, sued Andrew for unspecified damages in August.
She accused him of forcing her to have intercourse when she was underage on the London dwelling of Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime affiliate of Epstein, the late financier and registered intercourse offender, greater than twenty years in the past.
Giuffre additionally accused Andrew of abusing her at Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan, and on one among Epstein’s non-public islands within the US Virgin Islands.
Andrew, 61, a former buddy of Epstein, has not been charged with crimes, and has “categorically” denied Giuffre’s claims.
The prince, who can be Queen Elizabeth’s second son, gave up many royal duties and misplaced assist from charities and organizations after a disastrous November 2019 BBC interview during which he didn’t seem sympathetic towards Epstein’s victims.
Andrew’s filings included a 2009 settlement settlement between Giuffre and Epstein, which was filed below seal.
At a listening to final month, the prince’s lawyer Andrew Brettler instructed the US district choose Lewis Kaplan, who oversees Giuffre’s case, that he believed the settlement settlement “absolves our shopper from any and all legal responsibility”.
David Boies, one among Giuffre’s attorneys, has stated he thought of the settlement “irrelevant” to Giuffre’s case.
The following listening to is scheduled for 3 November.
Giuffre was sued individually for $20m on Thursday for allegedly defaming on Twitter an artist who has stated she introduced girls to Epstein however denied being a recruiter.
The artist, Rina Oh Amen, sued over tweets together with that she “procured & partook within the abuse of minors”. Amen known as the tweets “maliciously false” and stated Epstein additionally abused her.
Epstein killed himself at age 66 in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking prices.
Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not responsible to intercourse trafficking and different prices for allegedly serving to recruit and groom underage women for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004. Her trial begins on 29 November.