The battle of Virginia Giuffre, the sexual abuse survivor who denounced Prince Andrew

“I will continue to expose the truth”, said Virginia Giuffre, the survivor of human trafficking and sexual abuse who denounced Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II of England, of having sexually assaulted her when she was 17 years old. The statement was made after learning of the court ruling that allows his case to proceed to trial.

“I am pleased with yesterday’s ruling by Judge Kaplan allowing my case against Prince Andrew to move forward. I am glad to have the opportunity to continue exposing the truth and I am deeply grateful to my extraordinary legal team,” she wrote on her Twitter account.

Virginia Giuffre testified at the trial against Ghislaine maxwell -convicted of sexual trafficking of minors- who in her adolescence was one of the “sex slaves” of Jeffrey Epstein, now deceased, a period in which she was forced to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew up to three times between 1999 and 2002.

“Your (legal team’s) determination helps me seek justice for those who have wronged me and so many others. My goal has always been to show that the rich and powerful are not above the law and must be held accountable,” Giuffre added.

“I am not walking this path alone, but together with countless other survivors of sexual abuse and human trafficking,” she concluded.

Virginia Giuffre is 38 years old, from California, but lives in Australia. She claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein Y Ghislaine maxwell when he was a minor. Jeffrey did not come to trial because he committed suicide in prison while the daughter of billionaire Robert Maxwell was sentenced to 60 years in prison.

Now, Giuffre is determined that Prince Andrew of England admits that he participated in this network of sexual exploitation of minors.

In May 2009, the woman filed a Jane Doe 102 lawsuit against Epstein, accusing Maxwell of recruiting her as a teenager working at former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Both sides reached an agreement to end their lawsuit, but the allegations resurfaced in 2015, after more women spoke out against Epstein. Currently, it is known that Giuffre received $ 500,000 for withdrawing the claim.

A year after the birth of her first child, in 2012, Giuffre decided to tell her story of sexual abuse and trafficking in the Mail on Sunday medium and mentioned Prince Andrew of England for the first time.

Four years later, the woman founded her organization Victims Refuse Silence “to help survivors overcome the shame, silence, and intimidation often experienced by victims of sexual abuse, and to help others avoid becoming victims of sex trafficking.” .

In August 2021, Giuffre decided to file a civil lawsuit in New York against the son of Queen Elizabeth II for sexual abuse when she was a minor.

For his part, Prince Andrew has lived away from public life since the end of 2019. The interview he gave to the BBC to discuss the case turned against him and failed in his attempt to justify his relationship with the millionaire Epstein.

“I remain very regretful that I misjudged my association with Jeffrey Epstein. His suicide has left many unanswered questions, especially for his victims. I personally deeply sympathize with anyone who has been affected by this case and who wants everything cleared up once and for all,” he said.

Through a brief statement issued last Thursday by Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II of England has decided to withdraw all her military titles from Prince Andrew who will be tried in the United States for his alleged involvement in a sex trafficking scandal of a less.

The Royal House indicated that, “with the approval of the queen and her agreement, the military titles of the Duke of York and his royal patronages have been returned to the queen.” The palace also announced that “the Duke of York will continue to exercise no public function and will defend his (judicial) case as a private citizen,” the note adds.

From now on, the son of Isabel II will not be able to also no longer use the title of “his royal highness” in any official capacity.

Virginia Giuffre’s attorney, David Boyes told British media on Thursday, January 13, that his client is unlikely to agree to a “purely financial settlement” to end her civil suit against the British royal for sexual abuse.

Boies made the remarks after US Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected a motion by Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II, to have the civil case against him dismissed, paving the way for a possible civil lawsuit in the next few months.

“I think it is very important to Virginia Giuffre that this matter be resolved in a way that vindicates her and the other victims,” Boies told the BBC’s Newsnight programme. “A purely financial deal is not something I think she (Giuffre) is interested in,” he added.

The lawsuit that Giuffre filed in New York in August 2021 was for sexual assaults that would have been perpetrated in 2001 in London, New York and the US Virgin Islands, residences of sexual predators Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, friends of the prince.

Source-larepublica.pe