Príncipe André aceitou oferta de
sexo com menores?
PÚBLICO 02/01/2015
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Processo nos EUA cita o nome do irmão do herdeiro do trono britânico como
tendo praticado sexo com mulheres que o banqueiro Jeffrey Epstein usava como
escravas sexuais.
Uma mulher
norte-americana diz ter sido forçada a ter relações sexuais repetidamente com o
príncipe André do Reino Unido quando era ainda menor pelo banqueiro americano
Jeffrey Epstein, que a usava como escrava sexual e emprestava a vários amigos
ricos e poderosos.
A afirmação que
visa o duque de Iorque é feita numa moção apresentada esta semana num tribunal
da Florida, pedindo que duas outras queixosas se juntem a um processo que está
a decorrer já há bastante tempo, em que várias mulheres dizem ter sido
sexualmente exploradas pelo multimilionário Jeffrey Epstein. O banqueiro já tem
uma condenação por propor relações sexuais a menores, obtida após um acordo
judicial.
A mulher que visa
o príncipe André diz ter sido vítima de abusos sexuais de Epstein entre 1999 e
2002, e forçada a fazer sexo com o irmão de Carlos, o herdeiro da Coroa
britânica, em Londres, Nova Iorque e numa ilha das Caraíbas que é propriedade
privada do banqueiro americano.
O processo, no
entanto, não é contra o príncipe André. “Isto tem a ver com um processo cível
que decorre há muito tempo nos EUA, no qual o duque de Iorque não é parte
interessada”, declarou uma porta-voz do Palácio de Buckingham, sede da
monarquia britânica. “Como tal, não vamos comentar mas, para evitar dúvidas,
qualquer sugestão de relações impróprias com menores é categoricamente falsa.”
A amizade entre
André e Epstein, no entanto, causa desconforto à família real há vários anos e
já houve especulação nos media de que o príncipe saberia da exploração sexual
que o amigo praticava e conhecia as suas vítimas, como um artigo de 2011 na
revista Vanity Fair. O FBI começou a investigar em 2006 a alegação de que
Epstein pagava por sexo com menores na sua mansão em Palm Beach e no ano
seguinte tinha identificado 40 mulheres prontas a testemunhar.
Mas Epstein
chegou a acordo com a justiça para se declarar culpado de acusações menos
graves e cumpriu 13 meses de uma sentença de 18 meses de prisão. No entanto,
duas vítimas processaram os procuradores federais, afirmando que estes violaram
o seu estatuto de vítimas ao fazerem o acordo com Epstein. É neste processo que
surge o nome do príncipe André.
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“Elsewhere in the article Klein reports
that, although Andrew and Fergie’s shenanigans get a blind eye from the Queen,
they do not go unnoticed by Charles. “My understanding is that Prince Charles
was less than happy that Andrew was given the role of trade envoy back in 2001
after he left the navy,” Robert Jobson, author of William & Kate: The Love
Story and a royal commentator for NBC News, tells Klein. “When Charles ascends
the throne—which he will do despite all the talk to the contrary—he’d like the
royal family to be streamlined; he wants a smaller, more cost-effective
monarchy.”
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12:01 AM, JUNE 29 2011
Prince Andrew: Ties to Jeffrey Epstein and His Tenuous
Position in “the Firm”
by Vanity Fair
“I remember when Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein
first became friends,” someone who knows both men well tells Vanity Fair writer
Ed Klein. “Jeffrey had Andrew put on a pair of sweatpants for the first time in
his life. He had him wear blue jeans for the first time. It was Jeffrey who
taught Andrew how to relax.” But the source goes on to explain that “after
Jeffrey was convicted, I phoned Andrew and told him, ‘You cannot have a
relationship with Jeffrey. You can’t do these things.’ And he said, ‘Stop
giving me a hard time. You’re such a puritan.’ From there, our conversation
descended into a screaming match, and finally Andrew said, ‘Leave me alone.
Jeffrey’s my friend. Being loyal to your friends is a virtue. And I’m going to
be loyal to him.’”
The prince’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein
has inflicted the greatest damage on his reputation. According to a sworn
deposition by Juan Alessi, a former employee at Epstein’s Palm Beach
“The major reason Andrew hung out with
Jeffrey was to get money for Sarah Ferguson,” someone who knows both men well
tells Klein. “Andrew feels responsible for Sarah.… There have been newspaper
reports that Sarah got £15,000 [$24,500] from Jeffrey, but I think that Sarah
has actually received hundreds of thousands of dollars from him.” (Ferguson
Elsewhere in the article Klein reports
that, although Andrew and Fergie’s shenanigans get a blind eye from the Queen,
they do not go unnoticed by Charles. “My understanding is that Prince Charles
was less than happy that Andrew was given the role of trade envoy back in 2001
after he left the navy,” Robert Jobson, author of William & Kate: The Love
Story and a royal commentator for NBC News, tells Klein. “When Charles ascends
the throne—which he will do despite all the talk to the contrary—he’d like the
royal family to be streamlined; he wants a smaller, more cost-effective
monarchy.”
The August issue of Vanity Fair will be on
newsstands in New York and L.A.
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Prince Andrew, whose close relationship
with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has long been a source of
controversy. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Prince Andrew named in US lawsuit over underage sex
allegations
In case related to
banker Jeffrey Epstein, woman alleges in court filing that she was forced to
have repeated ‘sexual relations’ with duke
Paul Lewis and James Ball
The Guardian, Friday 2 January 2015 / http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/02/prince-andrew-named-us-lawsuit-underage-sex-allegations
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Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein in New York
A woman who claims that an American
investment banker loaned her to rich and powerful friends as an underage “sex
slave” has alleged in a US
The accusation against the Duke of York is
contained in a motion filed in a Florida
The woman, who filed the motion
anonymously, alleges that between 1999 and 2002 she was repeatedly sexually
abused by Epstein who, she also alleges, loaned her out to rich and influential
men around the world.
The document – a motion to expand an
ongoing lawsuit relating to prosecutors’ handling of Epstein’s case with two
new plaintiffs – alleges that the woman “was forced to have sexual relations with
this prince when she was a minor” in London , New York and on a private Caribbean
island owned by Epstein.
The prince is not a named party to the
legal claim, which is directed against federal prosecutors. He has not had any
opportunity to respond to the allegations in the legal claim.
The woman is said to have been 17 at the
time, considered to be a minor in Florida
In a 2011 Vanity Fair article, Prince
Andrew denied any sexual contact with young women associated with Epstein.
Contacted on Thursday, Buckingham Palace
However following publication of this
article on theguardian.com, Buckingham
Palace issued the following statement:
“This relates to long-running and ongoing civil proceedings in the United States
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Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex
Another close associate of Epstein who is
also accused in the lawsuit, Alan Dershowitz, told the Guardian that the
woman’s accusations against himself were “totally false and made up”.
The Harvard law professor and esteemed
criminal defence attorney who later advised Epstein on how to respond to the
FBI’s investigation is accused in the court motion of having sexual relations
with the woman when she was a minor and of witnessing the abuse of other
minors.
On Thursday he told the Guardian: “There is
no more strenuous denial than the one I am giving. I never met her. I don’t
know her. I have never had sex with an underage person.”
He added: “This person has made this up out
of cloth, maliciously and knowingly in order to extort money from Mr Epstein.”
Dershowitz, who has occasionally written
op-ed articles for the Guardian, said he could not comment on the woman’s
allegations against Prince Andrew or any other men, but he said her claims
against him were demonstrably false and challenged her to file criminal charges
against him.
“It is a totally fabricated charge in every
possible way,” he said. “It just never happened.”
He said he was considering taking legal
action to have Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell, the lawyers who filed the motion,
disbarred for “knowingly filing … a false, malicious and defamatory statement
in a lawsuit”.
Edwards said: “We have been informed of Mr
Dershowitz’s threats of legal action and bar proceedings … we carefully
investigate all of the allegations in our pleadings before presenting them.”
In a statement to the Guardian through her
lawyers, the woman behind the allegations said she was being “unjustly
victimised again”.
“These types of aggressive attacks on me
are exactly the reason why sexual abuse victims typically remain silent and the
reason why I did for a long time,” she said. “That trend should change. I’m not
going to be bullied back into silence.”
The Guardian is aware of the identity of
the plaintiff behind the allegations, but is respecting her wish to bring the
case anonymously.
Andrew’s close relationship with Epstein –
he visited him in New York
The duke had previously been accused of
meeting Epstein’s young victims and possibly being aware of their sexual
exploitation. However, this is the first time he has been named in a court
document as a participant in any sexual activity with one of the young women
allegedly trafficked by Epstein.
As the claim has only just been lodged, and
as the duke is not a named party to it, he has not had the opportunity to
formally file a defence or denial to the claims.
In 2006, the FBI opened an investigation
into allegations that Epstein had been paying for sex with underage girls at
his Palm Beach
In 2008, however, the federal inquiry was
dropped after Epstein negotiated a deal with prosecutors in which he agreed to
plead guilty to a relatively minor state charge relating to soliciting paid sex
with a minor – a 14-year-old girl. He served 13 months of an 18-month sentence
and is now a registered sex offender.
Many of his alleged victims have since
reached out-of-court settlements with Epstein, who was once considered among
the wealthiest investment bankers in the world.
However, two of Epstein’s alleged victims,
referred to in court documents as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, have brought a
lawsuit arguing that federal prosecutors violated a victims’ rights statute by
failing to consult them over Epstein’s secret deal.
The pair won a significant legal victory in
July last year entitling them to see previously confidential documents from the
plea bargain discussions between Epstein’s lawyers and federal prosecutors.
The court document filed this week
containing allegations against Andrew is a motion to allow two more alleged
Epstein victims, referred to as Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4, to join the action.
Jane Doe 3 – the woman who made the
accusations against Andrew – claims her contact with Epstein began when she was
approached at the age of 15 by Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of the late
media mogul Robert Maxwell and a close friend of Epstein.
The motion alleges that Maxwell “was one of
the main women whom Epstein used to procure under-aged girls for sexual
activities”. With Maxwell’s assistance, the document alleges, Epstein converted
the girl into a “sex slave”, repeatedly abusing her in his private jet or his
lavish residences in New York , New
Mexico , Florida
“Epstein also sexually trafficked the
then-minor Jane Doe, making her available for sex to politically connected and
financially powerful people,” the court document alleges. “Epstein’s purposes
in ‘lending’ Jane Doe (along with other young girls) to such powerful people
were to ingratiate himself with them for business, personal, political, and
financial gain, as well as to obtain potential blackmail information.”
The motion alleges that Maxwell was “a
primary co-conspirator in his sexual abuse and sex trafficking scheme” and that
she also participated in the abuse.
The document goes on to allege: “Perhaps
even more important to her role in Epstein’s sexual abuse ring, Maxwell had
direct connections to other powerful individuals with whom she could connect
Epstein. For instance, one such powerful individual Epstein forced Jane Doe #3
to have sexual relations with was a member of the British royal family, Prince
Andrew (aka Duke of York).”
The document lists three locations where
the woman alleges she was forced to have sexual relations with Andrew:
Maxwell’s London apartment, Epstein’s private
Caribbean island in what was allegedly “an orgy with numerous other under-aged
girls”, and an undisclosed location in New
York
Requests made to representatives of Ghislaine
Maxwell for comment had not been returned at the time of publication, but she
has previously strenuously denied any involvement in procuring young girls for
Epstein or any of his associates. In 2011 a spokesperson for Maxwell said she had
never been contacted by any law enforcement agency in connection with the
allegations.
However a statement issued on behalf of
Maxwell after the Guardian published details of the lawsuit on Friday said the
claims were “not new and have been fully responded to and shown to be untrue”.
It added: “Ghislaine Maxwell’s original response to the lies and defamatory
claims remains the same.”
The new motion alleges that Epstein
instructed the girl “to give the prince whatever he demanded” and also
instructed her to “report back on the details of the sexual abuse”.
The woman’s lawyers allege in their motion
that, in addition to facilitating her alleged encounters with the prince and
Dershowitz, Epstein trafficked her to “many other powerful men, including
numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign
presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders”.
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