It looks like 2022 is gonna be a rough year for Prince Andrew. A federal judge in New York just denied his request to have the sexual abuse case against him thrown out. He must now prepare for what is sure to be a very public trial.
The Queen’s second son is currently being sued by Virginia Giuffre, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was still a minor and under the control of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his madame Ghislaine Maxwell.
Giuffre first publicly accused Andrew of sexual assault in 2014, in a sworn statement for a different Epstein-related lawsuit. Since then, she has spoken out against the royal numerous times.
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She claims she was just 17 when she was introduced him by Epstein at a London nightclub in 2001. Andrew asked her to dance and was “sweating all over me,” she told the BBC in 2019. Later, she says she forced to perform sex acts on the royal.
Prince Andrew, who is ninth in line to the British throne, has denied the accusations. He told the BBC that the nightclub incident couldn’t possibly have happened because he was at a pizza party across town with his daughter that evening. Also, he claimed he has a rare medical condition that prevents him from sweating.
CNN reports:
Giuffre brought her case under the Child Victims Act, a state law enacted in New York in 2019 which expanded the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases to give survivors more opportunities to seek justice. An attorney for Giuffre told CNN in August that filing the civil case was to show “all perpetrators of abuse should be held accountable.”
Giuffre’s lawyers also requested Andrew provide medical records proving he’s unable to sweat. His camp responded by saying they’re unable to do so because no such documents exist. He was also unable to provide any alibis to corroborate his pizza restaurant story.
Andrew’s attorneys tried to get the case dismissed late last year, but Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a ruling today denying “in all respects” the duke’s attempts to quash it.
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Kaplan called “Giuffre’s complaint is neither ‘unintelligible’ nor ‘vague’ nor ‘ambiguous'” and said it “alleges discrete incidents of sexual abuse in particular circumstances at three identifiable locations. It identifies to whom it attributes that sexual abuse.”
We have a feeling things are about to get very messy.
Here’s what people are saying about the whole thing on Twitter…
For whom the bell tolls #PrinceAndrew https://t.co/EGM5VrjrmY
— Mike Graham ?? (@Iromg) January 12, 2022
I wonder if #PrinceAndrew has re-discovered his ability to sweat, today?
— Elaine Dyson #CorbynWasRight #ToriesOut (@ElaineDyson1) January 12, 2022
Looks like the US court is getting ready to give #PrinceAndrew a 2022 dose of harsh reality (you know, the sort of reality we 'commoners' have to deal with on any given day of our lives where OUR actions incur CONSEQUENCES)
What a shame….??????????? pic.twitter.com/vO9nfiZVCL
— ???Shoshana#WokeAF?#JohnsonMustGoNOW (@shoshanade) January 4, 2022
The grand old Duke of York
He says he cannot sweat
But now his case is going to court
His shirt is fucking wet #PrinceAndrew— James (@jayrad198900) January 12, 2022
Just your average pick of reputable people, great company HRH Andrew kept! ?#princeAndrew pic.twitter.com/hhGeK42JRk
— Steve (@IMDBSteve) January 6, 2022
The US #PrinceAndrew case is in session; the Judge is having none of Andrews lawyers BS. He is screwed!
— MI6 ROGUE PROJECT (@mi6rogue) January 4, 2022
“Prince William” when the Queen has gone it’s high time the monarchy was abolished, affairs by Charles and William, Andrew sex scandal etc it’s no longer fit for purpose.#PrinceAndrew #princewilliamaffair pic.twitter.com/jP4ki1ZXT2
— Anthony (@Anthony41806183) January 4, 2022
BREAKING: The civil lawsuit against #PrinceAndrew will go ahead after the judge decided that a paedophile paying their victim not to snitch on you is not a credible defence
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) January 12, 2022
I bet #PrinceAndrew is sweating now pic.twitter.com/6KnJbmsCc7
— Degsy Roberts (@degsyroberts) January 12, 2022
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Heywood Jablowme
Is there any LGBTQ angle whatsoever to this? Is it that Jizz-laine molested the girls too? What’s with Queerty’s (or specifically Graham Gremore’s) obsession with the royals.
Cam
Because it’s tied to the Epstein case, who is tied to homophobe Trump who is also accused of raping underaged girls.
Heywood Jablowme
@Cam: Jeepers, that’s very Rube Goldberg-ian or Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. But it might explain why Queerty was too busy even to mention the death of Anne Rice.
Graham Gremore definitely seems to have a weird notion that most gay men (even Americans?) are obsessed with the British royals and maybe Disney princesses too.
Ronbo
That’s quote is actually, “Dragged through the mud”.
Cam
@Heywood Jablowme
Interesting, the right wing troll account’s screenames all come in to attack Queerty authors by name and seem particularly obsessed with one of them.
Additionally, you couldn’t point out some HUGE number of posts about the British Royals on here.
As always, your troll game is sad and weak.
Heywood Jablowme
@Graham, I mean Cam:
LOTS of Queerty commenters have criticized Graham Gremore by name. For one thing, he’s creepily obsessed with straight guys. He’s also obsessed with the British royals for no apparent reason. If Gremore’s justification here was really the convoluted reason you stated, he should have at least mentioned it.
Nobody said there were a “HUGE” number of articles to cite – but yeah, since you mention it, a search (something you don’t know how to do; maybe you can ask someone how) turns up several stories about various royals that were written by, lo and behold, Graham Gremore.
Anyway, thanks for “confirming” the old rumor that you and Graham Gremore are the same person!
Fahd
If Andrew can’t back up the sweating or pizza parlor stories, whose bright idea was it to come up with such a stupid excuse and lousy alibi in the first place? I guess maybe the same people who thought it was a good idea to do that BBC interview. I’ll be interested to see if someone figures out a way to settle the case or otherwise spare the British royal family from even more public humiliation. A boundlessly arrogant royal alleged sex offender with lousy advisors – what a mess!
Cam
When you’ve never had anyone question you or call you out as a liar to your face, you probably think you’re smarter than you are, and can get away with obvious lies.
He’s lead a life where nobody disagrees with him ever, and even his ex wife is still working with him to sell access to the royal family.
Jaquelope
If Randy Andy’s own people can’t confirm something their Prince has said, that’s blatantly saying (without actually saying) that he lied through his teeth. Andy also needs to be reminded that the USA is no longer a part of the British Empire, and he can’t do here what he thinks he can get away with over there.
And what is this alleged scandal about William?
Maybe it’s time to do away with the monarchy all together. All “empires” must fall, eventually.
MikeM
And yet, Harry and Meghan are the ones bringing down this prestigious institution. Right…
Openminded
He’s a royal. Royals don’t sweat. That would be uncivilized.
Seriously, this is likely just a squeeze to get a financial settlement. While he apparently can’t prove where he was or that he didn’t do anything, it’s probably going to be equally difficult for the plaintiff to prove anything did happen and that it was him doing it. In America, it’s proof beyond a shadow of a doubt, and that’s going to be hard to do unless there is more evidence than has been disclosed. His association with Epstein is damning, but that alone is not proof against the prince.
Cam
And of course one of the right wing troll account screenames comes in to defend child rape.
scotty
Royal Rapist
basils_Herald
The British constitution is to convince 95% of the country to go along with the rules, whilst 5% get to do whatever they like. This is sadly a consequence of tyranny. Queen Elizabeth II is a best in class monarch, who has dedicated her life to the people of Britain and international peace. She is still a tyrant in a system that considers her to be the fount of all virtue. In America, the people are the fount of all virtue. Furthermore, she can add anyone to the upper chamber she likes for life! Otherwise the upper chamber consists of 92, male-only hereditary lines and bishops. The British prime minister is actually the English prime minister superimposed on the rest of the three kingdoms (Northern Ireland isn’t actually a kingdom and is dysfunctional enough for its own thread). Other than during question time, the prime minister is accountable to nobody, he may appoint whom he likes and can keep what he likes secret. There is nothing remotely close to the idea of a congressional record (except maybe the queen’s mace). As bad as it is in America, it could be worse: we could be Britain.