‘Prince Andrew had each day massages at Epstein’s Palm Beach lair’
- Juan Alessi stated the Duke would spend ‘weeks’ on the Florida property
- In a deposition given underneath oath, Alessi stated Sarah Ferguson visited the house
- The Duke of York has strenuously denied all allegations of wrongdoing
Jeffrey Epstein‘s former housekeeper claimed the Duke of York had each day massages when he spent ‘weeks’ on the paedophile financier’s Florida house, courtroom paperwork have revealed – including that Sarah Ferguson allegedly additionally visited the residence.
Juan Alessi, who labored at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence, stated each Prince Andrew and his then spouse Sarah, Duchess of York, have been pals with him and now convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
During his video-taped interview underneath oath in 2009, launched as a part of the most recent tranche of paperwork linked to Epstein, Mr Alessi was questioned on the duke’s relationship with Maxwell and the financier.
He stated that Andrew would have ‘each day’ massages whereas staying on the residence, however that Sarah Ferguson, whereas ‘pals’ with Epstein, visited as soon as for a ‘quick time’.
Andrew stepped down from public life after the furore over his friendship with Epstein, and paid hundreds of thousands to settle a civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre, a girl he claimed by no means to have met.
Prince Andrew (pictured with Sarah Ferguson) has at all times denied all accusations of sexual exercise with Epstein’s accusers, and denied wrongdoing
Paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein’s former house in Palm Beach, Florida, the place it’s claimed Prince Andrew would obtain ‘each day massages’ on weeks-long visits
Juan Alessi, who labored for Jeffrey Epstein as a housekeeper from 1991 till 2002, and testified throughout Maxwell’s trial in 2021
Alessi leaving courtroom in Manhattan after testifying in Ghislaine Maxwell’s intercourse trafficking trial in December 2021
Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein are seen strolling in Central Park on December 5, 2010
A room inside Jeffrey Epstein’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, which Andrew is alleged to have visited a number of instances
Sarah Ferguson photographed at Palm Beach Polo and Country Club in Wellington, Florida in 2005. Mr Alessi stated she visited Epstein’s house ‘as soon as and for a short while’
Jeffrey Epstein is pictured in March 2017 on the New York state intercourse offender registry
He was forged out of the working monarchy and not makes use of his HRH type after Ms Giuffre, who was trafficked by Epstein, accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. The duke strenuously denies any wrongdoing.
In the interview with Mr Alessi, lawyer Katherine Ezell requested: ‘Were Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah pals of Ms Maxwell?’
Mr Alessi replied: ‘Both of them,’ confirming he meant that they have been pals with Maxwell and with Epstein.
The lawyer went on: ‘Did they ever have massages once they have been there?’
Mr Alessi replied: ‘Prince Andrew did. I feel Sarah was there solely as soon as and for a short while. I do not assume she slept in there. I can’t bear in mind.
‘I feel she was visiting Wellington and she or he got here to the home and we met her. But Prince Andrew, sure, Prince Andrew spent weeks with us.’
Ms Ezell then requested: ‘Where would he sleep?’
Mr Alessi stated: ‘In the principle room, the principle visitor bed room. That was the blue room.’
The lawyer then stated: ‘And, so, when he would come and keep, throughout that point would he steadily have massages?
Mr Alessi replied: ‘I’d say, each day massages.’
Asked if it was generally a couple of a day, Mr Alessi stated: ‘I can not bear in mind if he had a couple of, however I feel it was only a therapeutic massage for him. We arrange the tables and…’
Ms Ezell interjected: ‘Do you’ve got any recollection of (Virginia Giuffre) coming to the home when Prince Andrew was there?’
Mr Alessi replied: ‘It may have been, however I’m unsure.’
In an extra interview underneath oath by an Epstein worker, who’s labelled solely as ‘the witness’ within the paperwork, they claimed Maxwell took the paedophile financier to England ‘to introduce him to royalty’.
The employees member stated there have been ‘many footage’ of the Duke of York with Epstein within the property they labored at.
They additionally stated they by no means noticed the duke go to the property, however ‘he known as’.
Buckingham Palace and representatives for the Duchess of York have been contacted for remark.
Excerpts of Juan Alessi’s deposition, which was given underneath oath in 2009 and has been launched within the newest tranche of paperwork linked to Jeffrey Epstein
Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre) and Ghislaine Maxwell are pictured in 2001 at Maxwell’s London townhouse
In a resurfaced video-taped interview with Maxwell, the disgraced socialite claimed she ‘by no means launched Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein’.
The deposition, from 2016, confirmed Maxwell describe Ms Giuffre’s alleged conferences with the duke as a ’tissue of lies’.
In an change with Ms Giuffre’s lawyer Sigrid McCawley, Maxwell was requested: ‘Did you introduce him to Jeffrey?’
Maxwell responded: ‘That can be one other of Virginia’s lies and the lies you perpetrate.
‘I by no means launched Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein at any time ever, so simply add that the (sic) to lengthy record of lies.’
Ms McCawley continued: ‘Did Jeffrey know Prince Andrew?’
Maxwell replied: ‘Clearly he knew him.’
Pressed on whether or not she knew how Andrew met Epstein, Maxwell stated: ‘I have no idea (sic) Jeffrey met Prince Andrew.
‘What I do know is that I didn’t introduce them.
‘That is without doubt one of the many lies. Are we tallying all of the lies?’
Epstein was discovered useless in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 whereas he awaited trial on sex-trafficking prices. The demise was dominated a suicide.
Maxwell has been imprisoned since July 2020 regardless of makes an attempt by her defence counsel to have her launched on bail.
She was sentenced to twenty years in jail on the federal courtroom within the Southern District of New York in June 2022.
