The Residence Of Prince Andrew's Accuser In The United States Is At Stake In Her Sex Abuse Case Against Him.
In a court filing, Virginia Giuffre's legal team called Prince Andrew's lawyers' decision to halt her lawsuit a "transparent attempt to postpone discovery into his own records and evidence." The Queen's second son has been accused of sexual assault, which he denies.
Lawyers for the woman who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault have dismissed allegations that her lawsuit against him cannot proceed because she is not a US citizen.
The Duke of York's lawyers demanded last week that the legal lawsuit against him in Manhattan be postponed or dismissed since his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, lives in Australia.
She is claimed to have spent all but two of the previous 19 years there.
In a court statement on Thursday, Ms Giuffre's team described Andrew's lawyers' decision to halt the lawsuit as a "transparent attempt to postpone discovery into his own records and evidence."
Ms Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, has accused Andrew of forcing her to have sex when she was under the age of 18 in Ghislaine Maxwell's London home and abusing her at two of Jeffrey Epstein's homes more than two decades ago.
Maxwell, Andrew's buddy, was found guilty this week of soliciting teenage girls to be sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend Epstein, who committed suicide in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges.
Andrew has rejected Ms Giuffre's allegations and has not been charged with any crimes.