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Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew claims: lurid account from alleged ‘sex slave’

London: Prince Andrew knows he could spend months and perhaps years fighting off allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl who was being kept as a “sex slave” by Jeffrey Epstein, his former friend.

The prince, 54, thought he had put the matter behind him three years ago when he stood down as the UK’s trade ambassador in 2011 following Virginia Roberts’ claims about her encounters with him in Epstein’s company.

But on Friday it emerged that an unnamed woman had alleged in court papers that she had been “sexually abused” by the prince. That woman is now known to be Ms Roberts, who has claimed that she was paid £10,000 ($19,000) by convicted sex offender Epstein as a reward for having sex with the prince at the London home of Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001.

Epstein, a billionaire financier was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to child sex offences, but several women want authorities to reconsider a plea deal that they said allowed Epstein to avoid more serious federal charges.

Prince Andrew is not named as a defendant in that case, and no criminal charges or formal allegations have been made against him.

Buckingham Palace was forced over the weekend to issue an outright denial that the prince had ever had “any form of sexual contact” with Ms Roberts.

That he met her, however, is not in doubt, as evidenced by a photograph of him with his arm around Ms Roberts at Ms Maxwell’s home.

Ms Roberts is writing a memoir but could be tempted to speak out in the coming days after receiving large financial offers from newspapers and TV stations. If she does not, royal aides are resigned to the fact that an ongoing court case in the US will mean the story will not go away any time soon.- Source

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