London: British police have announced that they will not take any action against them Prince Andrew a. After review inspired by Jeffrey Epstein The accuser claims that he sexually assaulted her.
Virginia Giuffre claims that he was smuggled by epstein For having sex with Andrew in London in 2001, when she was 17 and a minor under US law. She is suing Prince in a US court.
Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, denies the allegations. He told the BBC in a 2019 interview that he never had sex with Giuffre, adding: “It didn’t happen.”
In August, London’s Metropolitan Police Force began a review of charges involving the late convicted sex offender Epstein. Police Chief Cressida Dick said at the time that “no one is above the law.”
In a statement late Sunday, the force said its “review is over and we are not taking any further action.”
It also said it would not act on allegations, first reported by Channel 4 News, that Epstein’s alleged aide, Ghislaine Maxwell, trafficked, groomed and abused women and girls in the UK.
Maxwell, a British socialite, is awaiting trial in a US prison on charges that he recruited teenage girls to abuse Epstein.
The force said it continues to liaise with other law enforcement agencies that are leading investigations into the Epstein-related cases.
After weeks of legal wrangling, Andrew’s lawyers acknowledged late last month that Price was formally served with Giuffre’s lawsuit. Rajkumar will have to file a reply to the claims by October 29.
Andrew, 61, was removed from public royal duties amid a scandal over his friendship with convicted pedophile Epstein, who killed himself at a federal detention center in New York in August 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges was doing.
Virginia Giuffre claims that he was smuggled by epstein For having sex with Andrew in London in 2001, when she was 17 and a minor under US law. She is suing Prince in a US court.
Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, denies the allegations. He told the BBC in a 2019 interview that he never had sex with Giuffre, adding: “It didn’t happen.”
In August, London’s Metropolitan Police Force began a review of charges involving the late convicted sex offender Epstein. Police Chief Cressida Dick said at the time that “no one is above the law.”
In a statement late Sunday, the force said its “review is over and we are not taking any further action.”
It also said it would not act on allegations, first reported by Channel 4 News, that Epstein’s alleged aide, Ghislaine Maxwell, trafficked, groomed and abused women and girls in the UK.
Maxwell, a British socialite, is awaiting trial in a US prison on charges that he recruited teenage girls to abuse Epstein.
The force said it continues to liaise with other law enforcement agencies that are leading investigations into the Epstein-related cases.
After weeks of legal wrangling, Andrew’s lawyers acknowledged late last month that Price was formally served with Giuffre’s lawsuit. Rajkumar will have to file a reply to the claims by October 29.
Andrew, 61, was removed from public royal duties amid a scandal over his friendship with convicted pedophile Epstein, who killed himself at a federal detention center in New York in August 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges was doing.
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