In the courtroom doc filed Thursday, Giuffre’s attorneys additionally ask for any paperwork referring to anybody Andrew met at a Pizza Express restaurant in Woking, England, or at Club Tramp nightclub in London, and to his journey to and from these locations.
In her lawsuit, Giuffre alleges she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and compelled to have intercourse together with his associates — together with the prince — and that Andrew was conscious she was underage (17) within the US. Prince Andrew strongly denies the allegations.
In a BBC interview in 2019, Andrew stated he had taken his elder daughter to a celebration at a pizza restaurant on the night time in 2001 when it’s alleged that he had intercourse with Giuffre. He additionally stated within the interview that for a few years he couldn’t sweat, countering the allegations made by Giuffre that he was sweating profusely earlier than they’d intercourse in London when she was 17.
“I’ve no recollection of ever assembly this woman,” he stated of Giuffre.
In claims made previous to submitting her lawsuit, Giuffre alleges that in 2001 Epstein introduced her to London, the place she was launched to Prince Andrew and went dancing at a nightclub with Epstein, his then-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell and the prince.
In a BBC interview additionally broadcast in 2019, Giuffre stated she had been taken to the Tramp nightclub the place, Giuffre alleged, Andrew requested her to bop and was “sweating throughout me.”
Giuffre’s attorneys have additionally demanded any paperwork regarding Andrew’s journey to or from, or presence in, Epstein’s planes, Florida, New York, New Mexico and the United States Virgin Islands, in keeping with their submitting Thursday, in addition to paperwork referring to “all items or different issues of worth” obtained by Andrew from Epstein or Maxwell “together with however not restricted to puppets.”
“If Prince Andrew actually has no paperwork regarding his communications with Maxwell or Epstein, his journey to Florida, New York, or varied areas in London, his alleged medical lack of ability to sweat, or something that will assist the alibis he gave throughout his BBC interview, then persevering with with discovery won’t be burdensome to him in any respect,” the submitting stated.
Oral arguments within the case are set for January 4, the place attorneys for the 61-year-old prince are anticipated to argue for the lawsuit’s dismissal.
Andrew’s authorized staff claimed in a movement filed Tuesday that the courtroom doesn’t have jurisdiction over the case. Giuffre’s attorneys stated the movement “lacks any foundation in legislation or truth” and urged the courtroom to disclaim it, in keeping with the Thursday courtroom submitting. The choose denied the movement on Friday.
US judges have additionally dominated {that a} confidential 2009 settlement settlement between Epstein and Giuffre, which can have additionally referenced Prince Andrew, ought to be launched publicly subsequent week.
Maxwell, a British socialite, was discovered responsible by a New York jury Wednesday on 5 counts referring to her position in Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor ladies.
