Twenty years ago Andrew was recently divorced under really humiliating circumstances, trying to hold together a stable family unit for his daughters despite the circumstances (probably quietly determined NOT to repeat the war of the Waleses - we still see how that damaged Harry and William), staying friends with Sarah despite her being a pretty loose cannon. That must have meant swallowing a lot of ego.
So he has flings (none of which have ever been inaproppriately aged as far as they have been named or rumoured), he seems on good terms with all of his exes, apparently is better at being friends with women than with men. Nothing I have read about him over the years has had rung any abuse bells.
His daughters come across as sane, discreet, good tempered, well educated, intelligent, kind. Clearly love both their parents through thick and thin. Contrast that with the Wales houshold again... Those two women will be his legacy and save the monarchy's bacon when Charles's shrunken royal firm has shrunk far faster than was bargained for. I hope Charles has the good sense to be grateful, and also has the good sense to treat them well. Look how everything he gave Harry and Meghan has been thrown back in his face (and the Queen's!). All that writing about how Andrew wanted the "blood princesses" to have roles. Maybe he had a hunch about Harry and knows his daughters?
Andrew's personal weakness seems to be pomposity and money, not sex. Rich friends, freebies, business (would probably have loved to have had the option Harry has blackmailed out of the Queen), but was a generation too early for that. He seems a practical person, not a socially adept person. You must have abilities to flyin, and survive a war. He certainly has had poor or no media training. It would not have been too difficult to learn a few suitably compassionate lines regarding Epsteins victims. Andrew probably thought it was self evident that he felt terrible for them, but of course it wasn't to modern people if you will use language straight out of some thirties bad novel...
Regarding his explanations: I believe him regarding the no sweat situation (I have several family members who do not sweat or hardly sweats). The Queen apparently doesn't sweat either. There might well have been medical issues around it and some half arsed guesswork reason given with no understanding of it being picked apart thirty years later. I also believe that Pizza express can seem exotic enough to remember "do you remember, it was xxxx party at that pizza place", they must have been combing through old diaries trying to piece together where he was on all relevant days. Of course he could have driven anywhere in the night, but I am inclined to believe him. I do not think he would lie about his daughters lives when his daughters are old enough to challenge him (privately).
Witness at Tramp... he doesn't deny ever being at Tramp, he denies being there a particular night. The witness probably does remember him, but is mistaken about his "company". I remember seing Diana's brother with some young girls at around then, I recognized him, saw the girls, but no way could I remember exactly what they looked like if you challenged me today...
The photo with Virginia... who remembers what photos you have posed for with friends of friends twenty years ago... especially if you meet new people every day of your life...
Epstein... Andrew probably had the hots for Ghislaine, Ghislaine had the hots for Epstein and saw Andrew as the intro. Andrew probably LOVED the temporary escape from formal royal life, (like Harry now), the for him new people in a completely different setting to what he was used to. He probably did close his eyes to questions he should have asked, and that was his main mistake which he is living with now. He was blinded by the access to new interesting people in very comfortable settings away from boring home. That was his mistake. On top of that he is pompous, conservative and not particularly intuitive. But I do not think he is a crook.
The Epstein cases are now full of ambitious lawyers, dissapointed victims, probably a few opportunist "victims", authorities with who knows what career agendas brewing... they realise that bringing up Andrew on a regular basis is reliable and easy publicity... I am absolutelu sure there has never been any question of Andrew not cooperating with proper authorities through proper channels. But only a fool would get involved in any of the agendas floating around the civil cases. I hope he stays well out of those. There the goal at this point is just to fight over the spoils of the Epstein estate. Must be a lot of lawyers counting on large fees from settlements...
That Virginia is clearly very damaged but I don't think Andrew is the crook there. If her story about being shared out was true there should be a lot more names on the grill now, and there aren't.
So no, I do not think prince Andrew is any type of predator. I think he was a bit vulnerable and picked his friends badly and is now living to regret that. Hopefully much wiser by the time all the legal bits have eventually been settled.
Menawhile his daughters who have been through endless sniping and bullying might end up bailing out the family (all that petty griping that Eugenie's wedding was too expensive and big and ooooo BBC turned it down). While golden boy Harry with the even bigger wedding and who has been given pretty much anything ended up throwing everything back in the face of the Queen and his own father, like a baby throwing the tous out of a pram....
I have a lot of appreciation for how the York princesses have turned out in comparison and I do not think that would have happened if their father was as terrible as media now loves to portray him. AND he's on good terms with a truly messy ex (who by all accounts is a nice person, even when a mess).