File photo: Britain’s Prince Andrew speaks during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, April 11, 2021.In his formal response to Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit alleging sexual abuse, Prince Andrew denied her allegations and demanded a jury trial, according to a court filing Wednesday.
The filing details his denials of the accusations Giuffre has leveled against him in her suit, paragraph by paragraph. Giuffre alleged in the lawsuit that the late financier Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her and forced her to have sex with his friends, including Andrew, and that Andrew was aware she was underage in the US at the time.
She alleged Andrew sexually abused her at Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, at his mansion in Manhattan and at his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in London.Still, the UK royal did admit in the court filing that he met Epstein in 1999 through Maxwell. Andrew also admitted that in 2000, Epstein and Maxwell attended the Prince’s 40th birthday and that in 2010, Andrew was photographed with Epstein in Central Park and stayed at Epstein’s New York City mansion.