Prince Andrew, accuser seek witnesses in sex abuse lawsuit

LONDON – Lawyers for Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre person filed their archetypal requests for witnesses successful her suit accusing the British royal of sexually abusing her astatine property 17.

Recently released documents amusement that the prince's ineligible squad is seeking witnesser accounts from her husband, Robert Giuffre, and her psychologist, Judith Lightfoot, arsenic portion of the civilian lawsuit filed successful the U.S.

Giuffre's lawyers, meanwhile, are seeking witnesser accounts from the prince's erstwhile adjunct and a pistillate who claims to person seen him astatine a London nightclub with her during the clip successful question.

The suit cleared a hurdle aft a justice earlier this week refused Andrew's petition to person it dismissed.

Giuffre sued Andrew, 61, successful August, saying she was coerced into intersexual encounters with him successful 2001 by Epstein and his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre said she was sexually abused by Andrew astatine Maxwell’s London home, astatine Epstein’s New York mansion and astatine Epstein's property successful the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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The prince has strenuously denied Giuffre’s allegations, telling the BBC successful 2019 that enactment with Giuffre “didn’t happen” and that helium had “no recollection” of gathering her.

Recently released documents amusement that Andrew's lawyers reason Giuffre “may endure from mendacious memories," and accidental she should beryllium questioned astir “theory of mendacious memories" on with different matters discussed during her sessions with Giuffre and immoderate prescriptions she wrote for her.

Andrew's lawyers privation Robert Giuffre to beryllium questioned astir the circumstances nether which the mates met astir 2002 and their household finances. They privation the grounds from the two, who are some Australian residents, by April 29 oregon arsenic soon arsenic imaginable aft that.

Giuffre's lawyers, meanwhile, person filed akin requests for Andrew's side. They privation grounds from his erstwhile adjunct Robert Olney, whose sanction they accidental appeared successful Epstein's telephone publication nether “Duke of York," which they accidental indicates helium knew astir Andrew's question to Epstein's properties.

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Her lawyers are besides seeking grounds from Shukri Walker, who they accidental has been quoted successful quality reports talking astir however she saw Andrew astatine the London nightclub Tramp during the clip play successful question with a young pistillate who mightiness person been Giuffre.

The AP does not typically place radical who accidental they are victims of intersexual battle unless they take to travel guardant publicly, arsenic Giuffre has.

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