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In a few days there will be a hearing on abuse allegations against Prince Andrew in New York. He should now answer very personal questions.
A few days before a hearing on allegations of abuse against Prince Andrew (61), the plaintiff’s lawyers are demanding answers to very personal questions, according to media reports. The son of Queen Elizabeth II (95) should present evidence of his “inability to sweat,” demanded the representatives of Virginia Giuffre. The British media reported on Friday. A hearing is scheduled for January 4th in New York at which Andrew’s lawyers will demand that Giuffre’s lawsuit for damages be dropped.
The American says that she met Andrew in 2001 when she was 17 in a London celebrity club, where he was sweating profusely. Then the US businessman Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-partner and guilty helper Ghislaine Maxwell forced them to have sex with the prince. Andrew denies the allegations. In a November 2019 BBC interview, the Royal said he couldn’t sweat at all. The reason is a special illness: During the Falklands War in 1982, he poured out an overdose of adrenaline when he was shot.
Andrew denies going to the club. That day he and his daughter Princess Beatrice visited a pizzeria in the city of Woking. His lawyers rejected the opposing side’s demands as “depressing and harassing”. In their view, the New York court has no jurisdiction, partly because Giuffre is resident in Australia. Their lawyers reject that.
Andrew’s good friend Maxwell was found guilty of trafficking minors for abuse in New York on Wednesday. Her brother Ian Maxwell said the trial was unfair. His sister was convicted for acts committed by Epstein. The US multimillionaire committed suicide in custody in 2019.
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