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A young American girl, now 38 years old, victim of the vast sex trafficking fomented by Jeffrey Epstein, has filed a complaint against Prince Andrew.
With our correspondent in London, Sidonie Gaucher
The second son of the Queen of England is still in the headlines. This time a formal complaint for the three sexual assaults committed on Virginia Giuffre, a minor at the time of the facts.
The complaint, consulted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), states that the Duke of York, second son of the Queen of England, is ” one of the mighty men “To whom Virginia Giuffre was” delivery for sexual purposes When she was the victim between 2000 and 2002 from the age of 16, in the context of the vast sex trafficking for which the financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged and incarcerated, before taking his own life in a Manhattan jail in the summer of 2019.
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The accusations made the rounds of the English media. From the photo where he embraces the young girl, through the alibi of the pizzeria in the suburbs, to his disastrous interview on the BBC, which means he withdraws from public life. At each media appearance, the prince maintained he had no memory, not knowing how to deny the accusations or explain his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, then organizer of his meetings with Virginia.
“Do not live in silence and fear »
With this complaint, Virginia wants Prince Andrew to recognize responsibility for her actions and seek to prove that no man of power should be above the law.
« I hold Prince Andrew responsible for what he did to me. The powerful and the rich are not exempt from accountability. I hope other victims will see that it is possible not to live in silence and fear “Virgnia Giuffre said in a statement sent to the media.
Despite Prince Andrew’s denials, dating the American businessman had plunged him into turmoil and forced him to retire from public life. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday, under a New York state juvenile victims law, which gives a one-year time limit to bring a sexual abuse claim, with no statute of limitations. . This law, which entered into force in August 2019, still leaves a few days for potential victims to act.
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