Prince Andrew won’t face charges over sexual assault claim against minor, U.K. police say – National
British police have introduced they won’t take any motion towards Prince Andrew after a evaluation prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that he sexually assaulted her.
Virginia Giuffre claims she was trafficked by Epstein to have intercourse with Andrew in London in 2001, when she was age 17 and a minor underneath U.S. legislation. She is suing the prince in a U.S. court docket.
Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, denies the allegations. He advised the BBC in a 2019 interview that he by no means had intercourse with Giuffre, saying: “It didn’t occur.”
In August, London’s Metropolitan Police power started a evaluation of allegations linked to late convicted intercourse offender Epstein. Police chief Cressida Dick mentioned on the time that “nobody is above the legislation.”
The power mentioned in a press release late Sunday that its “evaluation has concluded and we’re taking no additional motion.”
It additionally mentioned it might take no motion over allegations, first reported by Channel 4 Information, that Epstein’s alleged confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell, trafficked, groomed and abused ladies and ladies within the U.Okay.
Maxwell, a British socialite, is in a U.S. jail awaiting trial on costs that she recruited teenage ladies for Epstein to abuse.
The power mentioned it’s persevering with to liaise with different legislation enforcement businesses who’re main the investigation into issues related to Epstein.
After weeks of authorized skirmishing, attorneys for Andrew acknowledged late final month that the prince had formally been served with Giuffre’s lawsuit. The prince should file responses to the claims by Oct. 29.
Andrew, 61, has been banished from public royal duties amid the scandal over his friendship with convicted pedophile Epstein, who killed himself in a federal detention middle in New York in August 2019 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking costs.
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