Prince Andrew to face civil sex assault case after judge dismisses claims it should be thrown out
12th January 2022
Prince Andrew will face a civil trial in the United States over allegations of sexual assault after a judge rejected his arguments to have the case thrown out.
The prince is accused by Virginia Giuffre of sexually assaulting her when she was seventeen years old. The Duke of York and his lawyers had argued that a deal she signed with 2009 with Jeffrey Epstein, for $500,000, prevented her taking…