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Questions over payout after Prince Andrew settlement with Virginia Giuffre

Questions over payout after Prince Andrew settlement with Virginia Giuffre
16.02.2022
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There are calls for clarity over Prince Andrew’s role in public life and how he will fund a financial settlement, after settling the US civil sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre.

The Duke of York agreed to pay an undisclosed sum as part of the settlement, and accepted Ms Giuffre had suffered as a victim of abuse.

He made no admission of liability and has always denied the allegations.

American lawyer Lisa Bloom said it was a huge victory for Ms Giuffre.

“This is a monumental win for Virginia,” said Ms Bloom, who represents several of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s victims – adding that it was a win “for everyday people… standing up against the rich and powerful”.

Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17 – which Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied.

On Tuesday it was announced they had reached an out-of-court settlement.

A statement from their lawyers said the duke would pay an undisclosed sum to Ms Giuffre and make a “substantial donation” to Ms Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights.

It also said the duke regretted his association with Epstein. Prince Andrew had previously told BBC Newsnight in 2019 he did not regret being friends with Epstein.

But no details of the payout to Ms Giuffre have been made public but since the announcement yesterday there are calls for more detail about where the money will be coming from.

Although the exact amount of the financial settlement has not been revealed, reports have speculated that it could run into millions of pounds. The duke receives a Royal Navy pension and a stipend from the Queen’s Duchy of Lancaster income.

Its thought that the duke would have likely received assets following his father passing last year alone with his siblings, Prince Philip’s will has been sealed for 90 years to protect the ‘dignity’ of the Queen and ‘close members of her family, the High Court has ruled.

Media attention has also brought to light the duke’s sale of his luxury chalet in the Swiss resort of Verbier.

‘Denial’

Ms Giuffre, now 38, claimed the duke, 61, sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17 at Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in London, in Epstein’s mansion in New York and on Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands.

In a 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight, Prince Andrew said he had no memory of ever meeting Ms Giuffre and said her account of their London meeting and sex at a house in Belgravia “didn’t happen”.

In January, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the civil action over him could go ahead.

Buckingham Palace later announced that Prince Andrew’s military titles and royal patronages had been returned to the Queen and that he would defend Ms Giuffre’s civil case as a “private citizen”.

In the statement on Tuesday, Prince Andrew pledged to support “the fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims”.

The papers filed with the New York court said Andrew ‘intends to make a substantial donation to Ms Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights’.

While Prince Andrew has agreed a settlement, he has not accepted any guilt and continues to strenuously deny the allegations made against him.

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