Can the Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein deal protect Prince Andrew?
by Edward Helmore in New York from World news | The Guardian on (#5TNBK)
Lawyers make case for why the 2009 settlement might cover the royal and why it might not
The merits of Virginia Giuffre's sex assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew are still far from being tested in court. In New York on Tuesday, lawyers for the prince asked a judge, Lewis Kaplan, to stop the case ever getting there.
Commenting on the case, other New York lawyers were doubtful that Andrew's legal team would be successful and questioned why the prince's representatives had not settled out-of-court.
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