Prince Andrew has fired back at a woman’s ‘frivolous’ sex-assault lawsuit claiming she’s just out for a ‘payday’ in a shock motion he filed to dismiss the claims on Friday, which also accused her of helping Ghislaine Maxwell in her sex trafficking ring with Jeffrey Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre, 38, is being slammed by the prince for her supposed false accusations that the Duke of York sexually abused her three times back in 2001 when she was just 17 years old – more than two decades ago.
Andrew, 61 called the claims ‘baseless,’ in an attempt to ‘achieve a second payday’.
The prince also cited a damning story published in the New York Daily News in 2015 that revealed ‘Giuffre also was trained to and did, in fact, recruit other young women into Epstein’s sex trafficking ring’.
Prince Andrew (left), has reacted to Virginia Giuffre (right)’s ‘frivolous sex-assault suit, claiming that she’s just out to get a ‘payday. He filed shock motions to dismiss the claims on Friday. Giuffre, 38, claims that the Duke of York sexually abused her three times in 2001, when she was just 17 years. This is more than two decades ago.
Giuffre (right, Andrew), was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal accusers. She claimed that Andrew forced her into sex. She claims that she was a victim in the early 2000s of Andrew’s sex trafficking ring (Ghislaine maxwell pictured right).
One of Giuffre’s ex-lovers who would drive her to Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion told the news site: ‘She was like head b****.
‘She’d have like nine or 10 girls she used to bring to him. She didn’t seem like she was being held prisoner. She and the other girl would leave the room smiling, in their little bathing suits, as if they had just come off the beach. She’d have like four grand.
‘And then I’d take them all to the mall and they’d get their nails done.’
Giuffre insists otherwise and has been Epstein’s most outspoken accuser. She claims that she was a victim in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring during her teenage years.
Now, she alleges that she was forced into sex at Maxwell’s London Townhouse with Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew said in response: ‘Virginia Giuffre may well be a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein…and nothing can excuse, nor fully capture, the abhorrence and gravity of Epstein’s monstrous behavior against Giuffre, if so.’
Giuffre was also accused by the prince of aiding Ghislaine Maxwell in her sex trading ring with Jeffrey Epstein (left). The motion to dismiss Giuffre’s claims cited a damning story published in the New York Daily News in 2015 that revealed ‘Giuffre also was trained to and did, in fact, recruit other young women into Epstein’s sex trafficking ring’
He added: ‘However, and without diminishing the harm suffered as a results of Epstein’s alleged misconduct, Prince Andrew never sexually abused or assaulted Giuffre.
‘He unequivocally denies Giuffre’s false allegations against him.’
According to court documents, Giuffre had profited from Epstein’s allegations and others by selling stories, photographs and secret agreements to settle her claims against Epstein and his ex, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Although it is not clear how much she received from the Epstein Victims Compensation Fund, (EVFF), the compensation was reportedly more than $121million.
‘Epstein’s abuse of Giuffre does not justify her public campaign against Prince Andrew,’ the motion read, adding that her ‘pattern of filing a series of lawsuits against numerous high-profile individuals should no longer be tolerated, as it continues to irreparably harm many innocent people’.