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Prince Andrew has been served Legal papers for sexual assault lawsuit in Epstein/Maxwell case

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Nat6999 · 10/09/2021 23:27

So they have finally been able to serve papers according to Sky news.sky.com/story/prince-andrew-lawyers-for-woman-suing-duke-of-york-claim-he-was-served-with-legal-papers-12404352. I wonder how he will worm his way out of this one?

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prh47bridge · 11/09/2021 08:47

This is a civil case. Even if the case takes place and he loses, he will not go to jail. The worst that would happen is he will have to pay damages. Also, as it is a civil case, extradition is not relevant. That only applies to criminal cases.

She claims they had sex when she was 16 and 17 - he denies having sex with her at all. According to her, the incidents took place in jurisdictions where the age of consent is 16. The talk of underage sex comes about because she is bringing the case in Florida where the age of consent is 18. It appears that she or her lawyers may be hoping to persuade the Florida courts to treat that as the age of consent where the incidents took place regardless of the actual law.

If this ever ends up in court, the central questions are:

  • Did the alleged incidents take place. Her allegations should be taken seriously and investigated properly, but that is not the same as automatically believing her.
  • Was she trafficked for sex by Epstein.
  • If the answer to the previous two questions is yes, was Andrew aware of this or should he have been aware of it.

If the answer to any of these questions is no, Andrew should be in the clear legally (although I'm not an expert on Florida law - he would certainly be in the clear in the UK, but it is possible the courts in Florida would take a different view). If the answer to all three is yes, Andrew should lose if this gets to court ("should" rather than "will" because, as noted above, I am not an expert on Florida law).

prh47bridge · 11/09/2021 08:52

Correction to the above. She has brought the case in New York, not Florida. The age of consent in New York is 17.

prh47bridge · 22/09/2021 08:03

@JohnnyEnglish

Extradition is for criminal cases so irrelevant to the civil case. The only outcome here if her case is proved is compensation. A civil judgment from the US will be enforced here. It would be about getting his assets to compensate her. There are international treaties governing enforcement of judgements between countries and the US and England absolutely do this for each other. I think he will settle with her. He can’t risk a trial and he can’t risk going to US in case he is separately arrested by the FBI.
Latest reports suggest he isn't going to settle. It appears the approach has changed since Andrew's UK lawyers hired his current US lawyer. Previously, fuelled in part by the allegedly incorrect statement by the US authorities that Andrew was refusing to cooperate, his UK lawyers intended to ignore the early stages of the civil case. Reports suggest that his US lawyers advised against this approach and now intend to attack inconsistencies in Giuffre's allegations to pick apart her claims.

Assuming this report is correct, it is clearly a riskier strategy than settling out of court or winning on a technicality (the deal Giuffre agreed with Epstein which allegedly prevents her taking action against Andrew).

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 22/09/2021 11:19

Good.

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