Within the aftermath of a choice Wednesday to permit a sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, to maneuver ahead, his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, said that she hopes he might be "held accountable for his actions."

"I am happy with Choose Kaplan's ruling yesterday that permits my case in opposition to Prince Andrew to go ahead. I am glad I'll have the possibility to proceed to reveal the reality & I'm deeply grateful to my extraordinary authorized staff," Giuffre, 38, mentioned in an announcement on Twitter. "Their dedication helps me search justice from those that damage me and so many others. My objective has all the time been to point out that the wealthy and highly effective usually are not above the regulation."

"I don't stroll this path alone, however alongside numerous different survivors of sexual abuse & trafficking," Giuffre continued.

Giuffre's assertion comes after a New York decide dominated that the lawsuit introduced in opposition to the prince could be allowed to maneuver ahead. Attorneys for Andrew, 61, had tried to get the lawsuit thrown out due to a 2009 settlement with deceased convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, which said that it protected anybody "who may have been included as a possible defendant."

Despite the makes an attempt by the protection, Choose Lewis Kaplan said that the settlement reached with Epstein was not relevant to Andrew's case. Which means the case will now go ahead as deliberate, though the prince may enchantment the decide's ruling.

Additionally named in Giuffre's criticism was Ghislaine Maxwell, who was lately discovered responsible on indictments associated to her function in Epstein's ring of sexual abuse.

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Prince Andrew's accuser, Virginia Giuffre, has responded following a courtroom resolution which said that the trial in opposition to him could be allowed to proceed. This resolution comes the identical day that the palace stripped Andrew of all of his army titles. Right here, Andrew is seen throughout a commemorative service for World Warfare I in 2016. Christopher Furlong/Getty

The courtroom resolution bookended a day that noticed a large fall from grace for the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Royal Navy helicopter pilot.

In mild of the lawsuit shifting ahead, Buckingham Palace introduced that Andrew could be stripped of all army titles along with having his royal charities returned to the Queen. He may also chorus from utilizing the official title of "His Royal Highness".

"The Duke of York is not going to proceed to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a public citizen," the palace added.

The choice comes after a letter, signed by over 150 British army veterans, was despatched to the Queen urging her to reprimand her son. The letter argued that Andrew had "fallen nicely in need of ... the very highest requirements of probity, honesty and honourable conduct" that have been anticipated as a member of the army.

Andrew's fame took a success following a November 2019 interview wherein he claimed he by no means met Giuffre. After this interview, the prince started to be seen at official occasions much less and fewer.

The choice has put the highlight again onto the Royal Household, maybe in a method that Buckingham Palace unintended, as Queen Elizabeth II prepares to have fun 70 years of her reign. Often known as the Platinum Jubilee, the palace has deliberate for a sequence of festivities all through 2022 to have fun the Queen, who ascended to the throne in 1952 and is the longest-reigning monarch in British historical past.

Newsweek has reached out to the Royal Household for remark.