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Oh Prince Andrew is getting SUED by Virginia Robert's

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LaurieFairyCake · 09/08/2021 23:54

That will be interesting

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Roussette · 11/08/2021 19:29

It's very different to have a room full of students in front of you and remembering them all... surely... than being one on one and having sex. Hmm

Martianworld · 11/08/2021 19:35

I agree about Queenie. Poor woman. What a year for her. But how can PA prove anything? Virginia Guiffre says it happened. Prince Andrew says it didn't happen. People have already said they believe her over him. He can't win the case. He will face the court from here. All lurid details will be heard. It will be even worse for the Queen. PA has to hope the judge forbids sexual details from being discussed as superfluous to the case as often happens. Whatever happens, the Queens is going to be mortified for some time yet.

Martianworld · 11/08/2021 19:39

@Roussette

It's very different to have a room full of students in front of you and remembering them all... surely... than being one on one and having sex. Hmm
OK. Thats a fair comment for some. I assume you remember everyone you've made out with which I think is very reasonable. And laudable. But maybe you have had a more sheltered life than others who have had one night stands.
VladmirsPoutine · 11/08/2021 19:40

People really feel sorry for the Queen? Grin

Roussette · 11/08/2021 19:43

Martian.... Oh really!

I am just laughing at the sheltered life bit. Hilarious. Not gonna out myself here with numbers but nothing could be further from the truth, believe me. 😂😂😂

Names I'm not good at though. Grin

Martianworld · 11/08/2021 19:48

@Rousette

😄😄😄 Ooo, I feel in good company now. 🤭

DuncinToffee · 11/08/2021 19:48

It was also not a one off meeting

From the BBC article
The complaint claims Prince Andrew sexually abused Ms Giuffre - then known as Virginia Roberts - at the London home of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and at Epstein's homes in Manhattan and Little St James in the US Virgin Islands.

Martianworld · 11/08/2021 19:50

@VladmirsPoutine

People really feel sorry for the Queen? Grin
I LOVE the Queen. I think she's fab. She's behaved decorously all her life and she doesn't deserve the two dicks she's related to ruin her last years.
Roussette · 11/08/2021 19:52

Martian
I'd be a total embarrassment to some, but not to myself Grin
I've lived.

LolaSmiles · 11/08/2021 20:44

Have any of us from this thread cheered at a 14 year old getting condoms? I haven't
I was on that thread, and it was less cheering and more posters saying that if a 14 and 16 year old are going out, it was probably responsible for the 14 year old boy to have been given condoms so that should the situation arise, he had the means to have safe sex.

Unfortunately the poster you're replying to seems to think adults giving teenagers the means to be safe in teenage relationships is a trump card on a thread about trafficking children for the purposes of sexual exploitation.

It's a sibling argument to the one up thread: but 17 year olds can consent to sex so VR must have been up for everything and knew what she was doing.

The willingness of posters to confuse consenting peer relationships with adults abusing children is scary.

Blossomtoes · 11/08/2021 20:50

@SpindleWhorl

Why do you keep saying 'sleeping with'? It's called sex.
Is that objection to a wellworn euphemism really relevant?
Maireas · 11/08/2021 20:51

Thanks, Lola , I haven't read that thread, but suspected that it was something of the sort, ie VR was 17 so it's all ok because 17 year olds (and younger!) have sex.
Just a way to let these men off the hook.

SpindleWhorl · 11/08/2021 21:04

'Well worn euphemisms' that are being used to minimise abuse on a thread discussing alleged abuse are challengeable.

OhGiveUp · 11/08/2021 21:17

I hope she sues and wins.
Even if, and it's a very big if, she willingly had sex with him, it doesn't alter the fact that she was groomed by that filthy bastard Epstein and his sidekick Maxwell.
At the point of her being 17, she had probably had her head turned by the paedophiles, but what a groomed child understands and what someone even just ten years older, who have never been groomed understands is a huge difference.
Even if she was happy to have sex, the sad fact is that she was groomed into thinking that it was perfectly fine and normal.
So I hope she sues the fat allegedly none sweaty arse off him and wins.
Why PA blatantly lied about never meeting her, or can't recall meeting her, rather than lying and saying yes, I met her but I never had sex with her, I have no idea, but it would have been slightly more credible than a flat out lie.
Sorry if my post is badly written, I know what I'm trying to say, but probably not saying it very well.

Pixxie7 · 11/08/2021 21:41

all OhGIveUp@ She has already made millions suing Epstein and Maxwell.

KidneyBeans · 11/08/2021 21:54

@Pixxie7

all OhGIveUp@ She has already made millions suing Epstein and Maxwell.
Good for her. She deserves to hold her abusers accountable in any way she can. She also runs a non-profit and lobbies against human trafficking.

What is it PA does again?

Maireas · 11/08/2021 22:32

@Pixxie7 - she's made millions? Where do you get that from?
She has set up an runs a non profit organisation called Victims Refuse Silence.

LolaSmiles · 11/08/2021 22:45

all OhGIveUp@ She has already made millions suing Epstein and Maxwell
According to Maxwell that is.
The financial compensation for victims in a range of cases were been sealed.
The question is why you'd want to take Maxwell's word on anything given her involvement in Epstein's affairs.

Given up thread your posts were deleted by MNHQ for victim blaming, minimising child sexual abuse and arguing there might be mitigating circumstances when older men havs sex with children, why are you still intent on trying to smear a woman who has come forward, with countless others, to speak about a network of grooming and child sexual exploitation?

Pixxie7 · 11/08/2021 23:01

It was on the news, yes she has given money to charities and they gave her recognition for that but she has kept a lot for herself. I think Maxwells case it due to start next Thursday and we will have to see the outcome.

Maireas · 11/08/2021 23:04

she has kept a lot for herself
Where's your evidence about her finances from? What are you suggesting?

DuncinToffee · 11/08/2021 23:06

Maxwell's trial will start in November

OhGiveUp · 11/08/2021 23:10

@LolaSmiles I'm confused, my post on this thread hasn't been deleted, nor have I blamed the victim Confused

CallmeHendricks · 11/08/2021 23:15

I'm no authority on one-night-stands, but I wonder if people who do have them might recall/not recall the other person in the same way that I might not remember, say, a beauty therapist who gave me a pedicure/facial/massage 20 years ago?
To be clear, I am NOT defending any of this, and there are no "buts" to my point. Nor am I saying that this case is about one-night stands, as it is clear that these poor girls were not consenting adults. I'm just trying to see if the "I don't recall" defence has any legs.

DuncinToffee · 11/08/2021 23:20

It was not an one-night stand, it happened more than once.

Roussette · 11/08/2021 23:23

Pixxie
The Maxwell court case starts at the end of November, postponed from July at Maxwell's Defence team's request. They fought long and hard for this postponement, so no, it doesn't start next week

Also I would appreciate a link showing she's sued Maxwell already.