Prince Andrew

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Virginia Giuffre

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Prince Andrew reaches a settlement with Virginia Giuffre in sexual ... (knkx.org)

Virginia Giuffre had accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. The agreement includes financial terms that were not disclosed.

Prince Andrew regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others. Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew have agreed to a settlement that will end Giuffre's lawsuit, which had accused Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. News of the deal comes one month after a federal judge denied Andrew's request to dismiss Giuffre's case.

So How Is Prince Andrew Planning to Pay for This? (The Cut)

After Prince Andrew settled Virginia Roberts Giuffre's sex-abuse lawsuit for probable millions, many are wondering where that money will come from and ...

The grant conspicuously does not include payouts to people accusing a royal of sexual abuse, so, as Warwick summarized, relying on the Sovereign Grant “would not be a wise or popular move, since it would mean the British taxpayer would be paying” for a disgraced royal’s legal bills. In an email to the Cut, royal biographer Christopher Warwick pointed to concern around the Sovereign Grant, taxpayer money the government gives the queen in proportion to revenue from the Crown Estate. The grant was £51.5 million for the year 2020–21 and is earmarked for use only “by the royal household in support of Her Majesty’s official duties,” which include travel and residential upkeep. The Telegraph speculates that the queen could make a contribution from her private wealth — specifically, from the Duchy of Lancaster, from which she, as the Duke of Lancaster, draws about $27 million per year. But the Times notes that Rowland paid off a $2 million loan Andrew owed to a Luxembourg bank. Even before he agreed to settle, Andrew sold a Swiss chalet he had bought for about $29 million, according to the Washington Post — but the sale went through only after he paid off the final $8 million installment of the sum late last year, concluding a separate legal dispute. According to the New York Times, the queen gives Andrew £250,000 (about $338,000) annually, which he has supplemented with an extra £20,000 ($27,066) from his Royal Navy pension. (He served as a pilot in the Falklands War.) He lives primarily at the Royal Lodge Windsor, where maintenance should be covered by the Crown. But the Epstein mess has affected his rank: In 2019, after a memorably horrible BBC interview, Andrew resigned his royal duties, and his mother stripped him of his HRH title last month. Anyway, Andrew has denied leveraging his royal role for personal gain and/or to clear his debts. The duke’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, did not respond to the Cut’s request for comment and clarification on the settlement and its funding; those details are known only to the parties involved. Last month, the Duke of York was demanding a trial by jury; yesterday, he performed a 180-degree pivot, announcing that he and Giuffre had reached a settlement in the civil case. Even without certainty on the particulars, we can safely assume Andrew and Giuffre arrived at a massive sum. This settlement winds down the court proceedings but leaves a bunch of questions unanswered, including how much money Andrew is obligated to pay and exactly where those funds are coming from.

Prince Andrew Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit With Virginia Giuffre (The New York Times)

Financial terms of the settlement, which was announced in a federal court filing in Manhattan on Tuesday, were not revealed.

Andrew’s lawyers claimed at the time that the lawsuit was part of a longstanding effort by Ms. Giuffre to profit from allegations she had made against Mr. Epstein and others. “Most people could only dream of obtaining the sums of money that Giuffre has secured for herself over the years.” The settlement may serve as a capstone to the years of investigations and litigation that has surrounded Mr. Epstein and his associates. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the settlement, saying it was a matter for the Duke and his legal team. An interview he gave to the BBC in November 2019, several months after Mr. Epstein’s death, drew a storm of negative reaction and led him to step down from public duties. The lawsuit by Ms. Giuffre, one of the most prominent of Mr. Epstein’s accusers, had cast a shadow over the royals at a time when Queen Elizabeth, the 95-year-old British monarch, was marking her 70th year on the throne. The deal comes just weeks before Andrew was scheduled to sit for a deposition, in which he would have been questioned under oath by Ms. Giuffre’s lawyers. In the statement on Tuesday, Andrew said that he had never intended “to malign Ms. Giuffre’s character and he accepts that she has suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks.” Here’s what to know: Mr. Epstein, 66, was found dead in August 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Royal troubles. In the joint statement on Tuesday, Andrew said it was “known that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked countless young girls over many years,” and that he “regrets his association with Epstein and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others.”

Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew agree to a deal that will end her lawsuit (Boise State Public Radio)

Britain's Prince Andrew has settled out of court with Virginia Giuffre, the woman who had accused the Duke of York of sexual assault on three occasions when she was 17 years old. As Willem Marx reports, the duke's legal team had spent months fighting ...

He will donate an undisclosed sum to a charity of her choice focused on victims' rights to, quote, "demonstrate his regret" for his friendship with Epstein. But the damage to his reputation and his family may make it hard for him to resume any meaningful role in the public eye ever again. MARX: In the settlement agreed between the two sides, Andrew acknowledged Giuffre's bravery as a victim of abuse and called attacks against her unfair. But after a New York judge ruled the suit could proceed, fears in Britain grew that Andrew could embarrass his mother and other royal relatives.

Opinion: Prince Andrew proves no man can act with impunity - CNN (CNN)

Kara Alaimo writes that the fact that Prince Andrew has apparently been made to pay reparations for his alleged involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's sex ...

While it remains striking that Prince Andrew did not take responsibility for harming Giuffre himself, it is especially fitting that the settlement will enable Giuffre to help other victims, as she serves as a strong role model for other women who may be reluctant to come forward with their own accounts of sexual abuse. The letter also states that "Prince Andrew intends to make a substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights. "Prince Andrew regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others. In the lawsuit, she had claimed Prince Andrew was aware that she was underage when he sexually abused her multiple times. He pledges to demonstrate his regret for his association with Epstein by supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims." Of course, Prince Andrew was not held fully accountable

Prince Andrew facing calls to be stripped of Duke of York title (New York Post)

It emerged that Prince Andrew could face further exposés because he did not get an NDA when he settled with his sex accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

Andrew’s deal also included a substantial donation to Giuffre’s charity for sex crime victims. Prince Andrew regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others,” a letter in the settlement said. There’s no clean-cut end,” she said of the royal’s ties to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell.