Prince Andrew's failure to get a intercourse abuse lawsuit thrown out is sweet information for his accuser's "heroic and decided pursuit of justice," her lawyer has stated.
Virginia Giuffre alleges that she was compelled to have intercourse with the Duke of York by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001, when she was 17 years previous.
Attorneys for Queen Elizabeth II's son tried to get the case thrown out on the premise of a $500,000 settlement settlement that Giuffre signed with Epstein in 2009. Nevertheless, Choose Lewis Kaplan dominated on Wednesday that the wording of the contract didn't clearly display it utilized to the prince.
The case will grasp within the background throughout the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations in June, though the trial itself will doubtless happen later within the 12 months.
Sigrid McCawley, legal professional for Giuffre, stated in an announcement launched to Newsweek: "At the moment's determination by Choose Kaplan denying Prince Andrew's effort to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's case in opposition to him is one other vital step in Virginia's heroic and decided pursuit of justice as a survivor of intercourse trafficking."
The ruling comes after the prince's former buddy Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of intercourse trafficking in December.
A witness in that case has waived her anonymity to inform the Each day Mail that she recalled Giuffre discussing having had intercourse with Andrew and exhibiting her a photograph of them collectively.
Carolyn Andriano stated: "I requested her if she'd been to the palace. And she or he stated, 'I obtained to sleep with him.' I stated, 'What? You are f****** with me,' and he or she stated, 'No, I obtained to sleep with him.'"
The prince has at all times maintained that he doesn't recall assembly Giuffre and that they didn't have intercourse.
Giuffre has alleged through her lawyer's court docket filings that she feared loss of life if she didn't adjust to directions to sleep with Andrew in London, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The submitting by legal professional David Boies reads: "Throughout every of the aforementioned incidents, [Giuffre] was compelled by categorical or implied threats by Epstein, Maxwell, and/or Prince Andrew to interact in sexual acts with Prince Andrew, and feared loss of life or bodily damage to herself or one other and different repercussions for disobeying Epstein, Maxwell, and Prince Andrew attributable to their highly effective connections, wealth, and authority."
Andrew advised BBC journalist Emily Maitlis in a November 2019 interview: "Completely no to all of it."
Requested if Giuffre was mendacity, he replied: "That is a really troublesome factor to reply as a result of I am not able to know what she's making an attempt to realize, however I can let you know categorically I do not bear in mind assembly her in any respect.
"I don't bear in mind a photograph being taken and I've stated constantly and regularly that we by no means had any kind of sexual contact no matter."
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