Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, has blamed late Queen Elizabeth II for pressuring Prince Andrew to settle a civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre. He called it a “terrible mistake”.
Prince Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement in February 2022, avoiding having to testify in a US civil court. However, Dershowitz claims the royal would have “won” the court case and was “pressured by his mother” to make the “terrible mistake” of not going to court.
Virginia Giuffre accused Prince Andrew of having sex with her three times after she claimed she was forced into it by notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his second-in-command, Ghislaine Maxwell. In August 2021, Giuffre sued Andrew in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in a civil case, accusing him of “sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress”.
Prince Andrew has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, including in his 2022 settlement with Ms Giuffre.
Dershowitz claims Prince Andrew should have fought the case. “If he had fought that case, I believe he would have won, I believe the case would have been dismissed on a variety of grounds, but he didn’t want to sit through a deposition, or people around him didn’t want to sit through a deposition, so he settled the case,” he said.
“Often you settle cases, not because you’re guilty of what you’re charged, but because you don’t want to admit other things that you’ve done,” the lawyer told Times Radio Tuesday.
Dershowitz, who has represented famous figures like OJ Simpson and Donald Trump, added: “Yeah, I feel sorry for him.”
Prince Andrew’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein is making headlines again after court documents were unsealed. These documents include names linked to Epstein and his island, with Alan Dershowitz’s name appearing as well. Prince Andrew is mentioned 67 times in these papers from a 2015 case Giuffre brought against Ghislaine Maxwell. The case was later settled out of court but Maxwell was convicted after a separate criminal case in December 2021 for her role in Epstein’s crimes.
There’s no suggestion that Prince Andrew, Dershowitz, or anyone else mentioned in legal papers had a part in Epstein’s wrongdoings or knew about them. Virginia Giuffre is one of many women who took Epstein to court.
Giuffre has said Epstein forced her to sleep with many powerful men, including Prince Andrew, who strongly rejects this.
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I do not like Dershowitz or his type, BUT in this case I agree with him. Never settle unless there are overwhelming evidences against you.
In this case, there is not a stain dress or collaborating credible witnesses , it was almost a he said-she said
Jerkowitz is a Clinton Democ🐀bastrd
Aren’t most he says. She says ??? But never the truth ?