PRINCE Andrew has at present damaged cowl for the primary time since a decide sensationally dominated he'll face a intercourse assault case.
The Duke of York, 61, was pushed in a Vary Rover within the grounds of Windsor Citadel this morning.
Andrew regarded solemn because the 4x4 left his residence Royal Lodge after a decide threw out his plea to dismiss the civil case introduced by Virginia Giuffre.
The bombshell ruling means the case can now proceed in direction of a trial earlier than a jury in New York this 12 months.
Andrew denies claims Giuffre was compelled to have intercourse him greater than 20 years in the past at Ghislaine Maxwell's London residence when she was simply 17.
Her allegations have dogged Andrew since she first made them in 2011, when a now notorious photograph emerged of him along with his hand round her.
Giuffre’s feared lawyer David Boies will grill the royal in entrance of jurors below oath - and will additionally query Andrew’s former spouse, Sarah, Duchess of York, and their daughter Princess Beatrice.
The ruling is the most recent setback for Andrew, who has tried to disassociate himself from Maxwell and her paedo ex Jeffrey Epstein.
The case additionally represents an enormous embarrassment for the royal household, because the Queen prepares to rejoice her Platinum Jubilee.
In a car-crash interview with the BBC, Andrew denied ever assembly Giuffre and claimed he was at a Pizza Categorical in Woking on the night time in query.
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His troubles stem from his controversial friendship with Epstein, who Giuffre claims launched her to the royal.
She accused Epstein of raping her and sued him however reached an out of court docket settlement in 2009 by which she was paid $500,000 (£371,000) in return for dropping the case.
Andrew's legal professionals argued he was coated by part of the settlement by which she additionally agreed to not sue "some other particular person or entity who may have been included as a possible defendant".
However Mr Boie stated solely the events of the settlement settlement - Epstein and Giuffre and their associates - may gain advantage from it, and never a "third social gathering" akin to Andrew.
Decide Lewis A Kaplan agreed and stated the 2009 settlement can't "exhibit, clearly and unambiguously" present the events supposed to "profit Prince Andrew".
Giuffre, now 38, claims she was enticed by the Duke of York's pal Maxwell and lured into paedo Epstein's sick sexual pyramid scheme.
She alleges she was compelled to have intercourse with Andrew on three events - in London, New York and on Epstein's island Little St James.
Her authorized group argue she was a "frightened, weak baby with nobody there to guard her" when she was allegedly abused by Andrew, saying "no particular person, whether or not President or Prince, is above the regulation".
Epstein hanged himself in his jail cell in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on sex-trafficking offences.
And Maxwell faces doubtlessly spending the remainder of her life in jail after she was convicted for her function within the scheme.
Andrew strongly denies all allegations towards him and in addition claims he had no data of any wrongdoing by his friends Maxwell and Epstein.
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