The settlement brings to a close a civil lawsuit that sprung from the sprawling and disturbing allegations against Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy sex offender who befriended a series of powerful men …
Prince Andrew has paid a settlement to sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre, according to her attorney Tuesday, bringing her lawsuit against the Duke of York to a close pending a federal judge’s sign-off.
“The payment was received, the settlement we announced last month has been completed. We are obviously very pleased with the outcome,” Giuffre’s attorney David Boies told CNN.CNN reached out to counsel for Prince Andrew for comment. In the lawsuit, Giuffre alleged Epstein trafficked her and forced her to have sex with his friends, including Prince Andrew, and that Andrew was aware she was underage in the US at the time. She alleged Andrew sexually abused her at Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, at his mansion in Manhattan and at his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in London.
In January, Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Andrew’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, and he had been scheduled to give a statement under oath on March 10, a source told CNN.