It was announced Tuesday morning that Prince Andrew has agreed to settle a sexual assault lawsuit from Virginia Giuffre, according to a letter filed from her lawyer David Boies, as reported by Good Morning America.
The total sum of the settlement is not being disclosed, but the letter to the court indicates that Prince Andrew "intends to make a substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights."
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"It is known that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked countless young girls over many years. Prince Andrew regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others."
The woman claims she was sexually abused by the duke when she was just seventeen.
Once at Ghislaine Maxwell's home in London, again at Epstein's mansion in New York, and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands, as reported by the BBC.
In a 2019 interview with BBC, Prince Andrew said he had no memory of ever meeting Virginia and said her account of their London meeting and sex at a house in Belgravia "didn't happen".
"The people that I met and the opportunities that I was given to learn, either by him or because of him, were actually very useful," he said at the time.
"I don't believe it's a picture of me in London because... when I go out in London, I wear a suit and a tie," he explained.
"Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken."
"I am not one to, as it were, hug - and public displays of affection are not something that I do."
In a statement on Twitter on behalf of her clients, she wrote: "We hail Virginia's victory today. She has accomplished what no-one else could: getting Prince Andrew to stop his nonsense and side with sexual abuse victims."
In December 2021, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of recruiting underaged girls to him and his wealthy friends.
This story is still developing.
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