The Duke of York’s accuser in his civil intercourse case is in search of witness accounts from his former assistant and a lady who claims to have seen the royal in Tramp nightclub.
Virginia Giuffre is asking the UK courts to assist with acquiring testimony after her lawsuit towards Andrew took a significant step ahead this week when a choose threw out a movement by the duke’s legal professionals to dismiss the case and dominated it may well go to trial.
Ms Giuffre is requesting testimony from Andrew’s former equerry Robert Olney and a lady known as Shukri Walker.
Paperwork submitted by Ms Giuffre’s authorized staff say that Mr Olney’s identify seems in Jeffrey Epstein’s telephone guide below “Duke of York”.
They are saying this implies it’s probably Mr Olney has related details about Andrew’s journey to and from Epstein’s properties in the course of the related interval.
The paperwork say Ms Walker has acknowledged publicly within the press that she was a witness to Andrew’s presence at Tramp in the course of the related time interval with a younger girl who could have been Ms Giuffre.
Virginia Giuffre (Crime+Investigation)
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The paperwork say: “Ms Walker has due to this fact acknowledged herself that she is a possible witness, and would thus be related to this dispute as a result of plaintiff contends that defendant abused her in London after visiting Tramp collectively, whereas defendant denies being at Tramp on the evening in query or having ever met Plaintiff.”
The fallout from Andrew’s civil intercourse case continued on Friday as he confronted calls to pay for his personal safety and lose his dukedom.
Criticism of Andrew is mounting after the Queen stripped him of his remaining patronages and honorary army roles because the monarchy distanced itself from the duke forward of doubtless damaging developments in his lawsuit.
The Prince of Wales didn’t reply when questioned concerning the intercourse scandal which has engulfed his brother, throughout a go to to the north east of Scotland to satisfy individuals who helped within the clear-up operation after Storm Arwen.
Charles was concerned within the royal household discussions with the Queen and Duke of Cambridge that resulted in Andrew shedding his army roles, patronages and dropping his HRH fashion.
However when he arrived at Haddo Home and Nation Park, the inheritor to the throne didn’t remark when a broadcaster from Sky mentioned: “Your Royal Highness, can I ask you your view in your brother’s place, Prince Andrew? How do you view it?”
Ms Virginia, reacting publicly to this week’s court docket ruling enabling her civil intercourse case towards Andrew to proceed to trial, tweeted she has the chance to “expose the reality”, including: “My purpose has all the time been to point out that the wealthy and highly effective should not above the regulation & have to be held accountable.”
She is suing the duke within the US for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was an adolescent and claims she was trafficked by Andrew’s buddy, convicted intercourse offender Epstein, to have intercourse with the duke when she was 17 and a minor below US regulation.
The duke has strenuously denied the allegations.
Ms Giuffre claims Andrew had intercourse together with her towards her will at Maxwell’s London residence and at Epstein’s mansion on the Higher East Aspect of Manhattan.
The duke can also be alleged to have abused Ms Giuffre on one other event throughout a go to to Epstein’s personal island, Little St James, and on a separate event at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion.
A spokesperson for Andrew declined to touch upon the newly launched authorized paperwork.
A supply near the duke has mentioned: “It is a marathon not a dash and the duke will proceed to defend himself towards these claims.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
