The legal representatives of Prince Andrew have announced that they plan to take a statement from the husband of Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accuses him of having abused her when she was 17 years old as part of the prostitution network created by businessman Jeffrey Epstein, who took his own life in August 2019, and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
His lawyers Robert is expected to testify under oath from Australia to ask questions about his lifestyle, his income and any conversations he may have had over the years with his wife about the Duke of York.
They also want to know her point of view on the “alleged trauma and abuse” that Virginia would have suffered in her adolescence after Epstein forced her, according to her testimony, to have sexual relations with Andrés in 2001 and about the “role” that she could have played in the recruitment and trafficking of other minors.
Judge Lewis Kaplan, responsible for the civil lawsuit faced by the son of Queen Elizabeth II, wrote to the attorney general of Australia asking for help in arranging the interview, either in person or via videoconference.
Prince Andrew’s legal team has also requested an interview with Virginia therapist, Dr. Judith Lightfoot, to question her about her patient’s medical treatment, her medical history, and any diagnosis she may have made.
The Virginia attorneys, for their part, have asked her to declare Andrés’s assistant, Robert Olney, alleging that his name and telephone number appeared in Epstein’s contact book, so he would be aware of the friendship that would exist between the businessman and his then boss.