Location:
London, Great Britain
Post Date:
Jan 13, 2022 8:25 AM
TAG ID:
eyepress110103
(RM)
Credit:
HO/Newscom
Format:
3000 x 2213 Color JPEG
Photographer:
HO
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
A file photo of The Duke of York Prince Andrew. The Manhattan federal judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed a motion by the duke's lawyers on Wednesday Jan 12, 2022 to have the civil case thrown out after they argued Virginia Giuffre had waived her right to pursue the royal by signing a confidential settlement in 2009 with Epstein, in exchange for $500,000, in which she agreed not to sue any other potential defendants. Giuffre, 38, who claims she was trafficked by the financier Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with powerful people, including Andrew, when she was 17. Andrew has consistently denied her allegations.