Britain’s Prince Andrew should make himself accessible to reply questions underneath oath by subsequent July 14 in a civil lawsuit by a lady who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teen.
U.S. District Decide Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan set the deadline to finish depositions in a Monday scheduling order agreed to by legal professionals for Andrew and Virginia Giuffre, his accuser.
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Giuffre, 38, has mentioned the Duke of York compelled her to have intercourse roughly twenty years in the past on the London residence of late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime affiliate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
She additionally accused Andrew of abusing her at Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan, and on Epstein’s non-public island within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Andrew, 61, has not been charged with any crimes, and has “categorically” denied Giuffre’s claims.
His authorized workforce is predicted to overview a 2009 settlement settlement between Giuffre and Epstein, whom she additionally accused of abuse, to find out whether or not it shielded their consumer from Giuffre’s lawsuit.
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Andrew has an Oct. 29 deadline to formally reply to Giuffre’s lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.
A court docket convention is scheduled for Nov. 3, and Giuffre has till Dec. 15 to amend her grievance if she needs.
Epstein, a registered intercourse offender, killed himself in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking costs.
Maxwell faces a scheduled Nov. 29 trial in Manhattan on costs she helped recruit and groom underage women for Epstein to abuse. She has pleaded not responsible. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel; Enhancing by Sandra Maler)
