Jeffrey Epstein‘s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz has claimed Prince Andrew made a ‘horrible mistake’ by paying thousands and thousands to settle a civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre and ‘would have gained’ if it went to courtroom.
Mr Dershowitz, a former Harvard Law School professor, was beforehand accused of sexual abuse by Ms Giuffre earlier than she went on to drop all her claims in opposition to him. He had lengthy denied the allegation.
In 2022, Prince Andrew settled a swimsuit out of courtroom with Giuffre for an estimated £12million after she claimed that they had intercourse thrice whereas she was an adolescent. The Duke of York has all the time denied having even met her.
Mr Dershowitz advised Times Radio right now: ‘I believe he made a horrible mistake. I believe he was pressured by his mom to make that mistake.
‘If he had fought that case, I consider he would have gained, I consider the case would have been dismissed on quite a lot of grounds, however he did not need to sit by a deposition, or individuals round him did not need to sit by a deposition, so he settled the case.
Prince Andrew with a 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre at Ghislaine Maxwell’s townhouse in London
Alan Dershowitz, a former Harvard Law School professor, was beforehand accused of sexual abuse by Ms Giuffre earlier than she went on to drop all her claims in opposition to him
‘Often you compromise instances, not since you’re responsible of what you are charged, however since you do not need to admit different issues that you have accomplished.’
He added: ‘I really feel sorry for Prince Andrew for that reason, assuming every little thing they are saying about him is right, the lady who accused him was over the age of consent.
‘She apparently bragged about it to her mates, and she or he collected thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of {dollars} for that, yeah, I really feel sorry for him.’
The age of consent within the UK is 16. It is eighteen in Florida and 17 in New York.
Ms Giuffre had alleged that Epstein trafficked her to Dershowitz between 2000 and 2002, however he denied her declare.
In 2022 she withdrew the allegation, saying she was ‘very younger’ and in a ‘very traumatic and traumatic setting’ when she was round Epstein which led her to wrongly determine Mr Dershowitz.
Ms Giuffre dropped a defamation case she introduced in opposition to Mr Dershowitz in 2019 with no monetary cost made to both facet.
It comes amid claims within the newest batch of unsealed courtroom paperwork that Andrew was amongst a collection of public figures who was secretly recorded having intercourse by Epstein.
Sarah Ransome, who gave a sufferer affect assertion forward of the sentencing of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for sex-trafficking, appeared to put in writing a letter claiming Andrew, Richard Branson and Bill Clinton have been filmed by the paedophile financier.
The extracts have been flagged by a agency representing Mr Dershowitz, to display Ms Ransome ‘manifestly lacks credibility’. A consultant for Mr Branson referred to as the claims ‘baseless and unfounded’.
In 2022, Prince Andrew settled a swimsuit out of courtroom with Giuffre for an estimated £12million
Sarah Ransome (pictured) appeared to assert Andrew was amongst three public figures filmed by Epstein having intercourse
The newly launched paperwork additionally embody a declare that the tub during which Prince Andrew was accused of sexually attacking Ms Giuffre when she was 17 was ‘too small for a person of Prince Andrew’s measurement to get pleasure from a shower in not to mention intercourse’.
Ms Giuffre, who was trafficked for intercourse by Epstein, beforehand mentioned Andrew sexually assaulted her in Ghislaine Maxwell’s London dwelling, telling BBC Panorama in 2019: ‘There was a shower and it began there after which led into the bed room.’
She added: ‘It did not final very lengthy, the entire complete process. It was disgusting. He wasn’t imply or something however he acquired up and he mentioned, ”Thanks”, and walked out.’
The duke has strenuously denied the allegations, which have continued to hit the headlines over the previous week due to the discharge of batches of courtroom papers referring to a 2015 defamation case.
Maxwell’s solicitor Philip Barden mentioned in his 2017 deposition, unsealed on Monday: ‘She (Ms Giuffre) claimed she did have intercourse with Prince Andrew and that the intercourse occurred in what can solely be described as a really small bathtub, too small for a person of Prince Andrew’s measurement to get pleasure from a shower in not to mention intercourse.’
He mentioned Ms Giuffre’s ‘story’ alleging Andrew had intercourse along with her ‘induced a feeding frenzy for the press’, and referred to as on the media to ‘stop and desist’ from persevering with to publish, saying they confronted ‘greater damages for ignoring my clear warning’ in the event that they continued.
Maxwell, who has since been jailed for intercourse trafficking younger ladies for Epstein, can also be beforehand mentioned to have argued the bathtub – reported to be a regular measurement 5ft 6in by 2ft 4in bathtub and boxed in on three sides by partitions – was too small for intercourse.
Ms Giuffre advised Panorama she went to Tramp nightclub in London with Andrew and he was ‘essentially the most hideous dancer I’ve ever seen in my life’ and ‘his sweat was … raining mainly in all places’.
Andrew claimed in his disastrous Newsnight interview that he had a medical situation in 2001, after struggling an overdose of adrenaline within the Falklands War when he was shot at, that meant he didn’t sweat.
He mentioned the alleged encounter with Ms Giuffre in 2001 didn’t occur and he spent the day together with his daughter, Princess Beatrice, taking her to Pizza Express in Woking for a celebration.