According to a source who spoke to our British colleagues de The Mail on Sundayit would seem that Prince Andrew be in contact with his lawyerss Andrew Bettler and Blair Berk to ensure that Virginia Giuffre withdraws as trial approaches. “I can tell you with confidence that the team at prince Andrew is considering legal options”, says the source familiar with the matter. US experts say he should file a “motion to set aside the stipulation of the settlement.”
The objective of this maneuver is of course tocancel multi-million pound settlement that Prince Andrew owes the accuser since the deal they struck together last year. This idea comes from the fact that Virginia Giuffre has just dropped her lawsuit against attorney Alan Dershowitz whom she accused of sexual assault, admitting that she “may have made a mistake in identifying it.“Thus, this sudden retraction could allow the Duke of York to sue the young woman and demand an apology from her. A risky bet but the source of The Mail on Sunday claims that Prince Andrew “never wanted to make a deal and always insisted thathe was innocent.” “Prince Andrew was under pressure, he had no option but to strike a deal. It’s not about the money. He wants a path back to some kind of normalcy after a deeply difficult time“, continues the anonymous source. Indeed, the Duke of York has consistently denied the allegations against him.
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King Charles III in favor of this legal action
As a reminder, Virginia Giuffre sued alleging that Prince Andrew had it forced to have sex with him three times in 2001, when she was only 17 years old. The latter had then resigned from his royal functions and to Queen Elizabeth II stripped him of his military affiliations. From the sources of King Charles III suggest he will not oppose any legal action Andrew might take, even though he previously told his brother that he would be permanently exiled from royal life. To be continued…
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