Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, has blamed late Queen Elizabeth II for pressuring Prince Andrew to settle a civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre. He known as it a “horrible mistake”.
Prince Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement in February 2022, avoiding having to testify in a US civil court docket. Nevertheless, Dershowitz claims the royal would have “gained” the court docket case and was “pressured by his mom” to make the “horrible mistake” of not going to court docket.
Virginia Giuffre accused Prince Andrew of getting intercourse together with her 3 times after she claimed she was pressured into it by infamous intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein and his second-in-command, Ghislaine Maxwell. In August 2021, Giuffre sued Andrew in the USA District Court docket for the Southern District of New York in a civil case, accusing him of “sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional misery”.
Prince Andrew has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, together with in his 2022 settlement with Ms Giuffre.
Dershowitz claims Prince Andrew ought to have fought the case. “If he had fought that case, I consider he would have gained, I consider the case would have been dismissed on a wide range of grounds, however he did not wish to sit by way of a deposition, or individuals round him did not wish to sit by way of a deposition, so he settled the case,” he mentioned.
“Typically you compromise instances, not since you’re responsible of what you are charged, however since you do not wish to admit different issues that you’ve got completed,” the lawyer advised Instances Radio Tuesday.
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