Jeffrey Epstein settlement with Giuffre to be made public, affects Prince Andrew case
A 2009 settlement agreement between the late financier
Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, which bears directly on Giuffre’s civil
lawsuit accusing Britain’s Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, will be made public
early next week.
In a joint order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judges Lewis
Kaplan and Loretta Preska in Manhattan ordered the agreement’s release on or
about Jan. 3, 2022, finding no reason to keep it under seal.
Kaplan oversees Giuffre’s lawsuit accusing
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Andrew of forcing her to have sex more than two decades ago when she was under
18 at the London home of former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and
abusing her at two of Epstein’s homes.
Andrew has denied Giuffre’s claims.
Preska oversees Giuffre’s lawsuit accusing Harvard Law
School professor Alan Dershowitz of defaming her when he denied her claim that
he was among the men Epstein compelled her to have sex with.
The prince’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, has contended
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that the 2009 settlement with Epstein released the Duke of York from liability
from Giuffre’s lawsuit because it covered “royalty,” and Epstein insisted it
cover anyone Giuffre might sue.
Giuffre’s lawyer, David Boies, countered that the settlement
applied “at most” to people involved in underlying litigation in Florida, where
Epstein had a home, and that Prince Andrew should not use it as a “get out of
jail free card.”
Andrew has not been charged with crimes. Giuffre’s civil
lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Kaplan is scheduled on Jan. 4, 2022 to hear oral arguments
on whether to dismiss Giuffre’s lawsuit against Andrew.
In a filing on Tuesday, Brettler called for the case to be
halted or thrown out
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because Giuffre has long lived in Australia, depriving the Manhattan court of
jurisdiction, and cannot support her claim that she is a Colorado resident.
Sigrid McCawley, another lawyer for Giuffre, in a statement
called that argument “another in a series of tired attempts by Prince Andrew to
duck and dodge the legal merits of the serious case Virginia Giuffre has
brought.”
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