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Ghislaine Maxwell has accused Prince Andrew of visiting the island owned by the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in stunning court documents revealed on Tuesday.
Andrew is accused of visiting Epstein's island
The Messenger reported that Maxwell claimed in a 2016 filing that Andrew visited the Little St. property. James owned by Epstein at least once. In the documents, her lawyer asked Maxwell: “Did Prince Andrew ever tell you that he had sex with Virginia Roberts?” and “Did Jeffrey Epstein ever tell you that Prince Andrew had sex with Virginia Roberts?”
Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of five counts related to crimes she allegedly committed as Epstein's longtime mistress, answered “no” to both questions.
“Has Prince Andrew ever visited that island – are you aware of Prince Andrew visiting Jeffrey’s Island?” Maxwell was then asked, and she replied: “I'm aware of that, yes.”
Maxwell continued to testify, saying that although she did not know how many times Andrew had visited the island, she had been present on at least one occasion when he was there.
“There were no girls on the island at all. No girls and no women, except for the staff who worked in the house.” “Girls – I suppose you are asking about minors, but there were no females outside of cooks and cleaners.”
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Andrew's alleged doll fetish is revealed
It comes after Andrew's name appeared repeatedly earlier this month in unsealed documents that listed more than 150 names of Epstein's associates. In one document, Epstein's accuser, Joanna Sjoberg, spoke of an alleged encounter with Epstein years earlier with fellow “victim” Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
“At some point, Ghislaine asked me to come upstairs, so we went into a cupboard and took out the doll, which was the caricature of Prince Andrew, and dropped it,” she said. “There was a little tag on the doll that said ‘Prince Andrew,’ and that’s when I knew who he was.”
“He looked like him,” Sjoberg continued. So I took it down and presented it to him. Which was a great joke, because apparently it was a production of a BBC programme. They decided to take a photo with her, as Virginia and Andrew sat on the sofa. “They put the doll on Virginia’s lap, and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the doll’s hand on Virginia’s chest, and Andrew put his hand on my breasts, and they took a picture.”
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Geoffrey's claims against Andrew
Newsweek reported that in a lawsuit against Andrew, Giuffre's lawyers claimed that “during each of the above incidents, [Giuffre] She was coerced by explicit or implied threats from Epstein, Maxwell, and/or Prince Andrew to engage in sexual acts with Prince Andrew, and feared death or physical injury to herself or another person and other repercussions for disobeying Epstein, Maxwell, and Prince Andrew because of their powerful connections, wealth, and power.
At the time of this writing, Andrew has never been charged in connection with Epstein's crimes, despite resigning from his public roles in May 2020. What do you think about this? Let us know in the comments section.
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