Epstein case: Prince Andrew was denounced in the United States for sexual abuse | The woman said she was captured and handed over by the trafficking network

The American who accuses Prince Andrew of having abused her when she was a minor, via the sex trafficking network of financier Jeffrey Epstein, filed a complaint against the British royal in New York on Monday, as confirmed by his lawyer.

The complaint specifies that the Duke of York, second son of the Queen of England, is “one of the powerful men” that Virginia Giuffre it was “given for sexual purposes”.

Facts which occurred between 2000 and 2002, when the complainant was 16 years old, and they were fabricated through the vast sex trafficking ring that Epstein was jailed for. The financier committed suicide in a Manhattan prison in the summer of 2019.

“I hold Prince Andrew responsible for what he did to me. The powerful and the rich are not exempt from responsibility. I hope that other victims see that it is possible not to live in silence and fear, ”Giuffre said in a statement released to the media.

“It was not a decision taken lightly. As a mother and wife, my family comes first. I know this action will subject me to further attacks from Prince Andrew and his legal representatives “added.

The complaint against Prince Andrew

In the complaint, Giuffre states that the abuse took place in Ghislaine Maxwell’s London home, a woman named as being in charge of befriending the recruited girls, shopping and going to the movies with them, before convincing them to give Epstein nude massages, in which sex acts were carried out .

“Epstein, Maxwell and Prince Andrew forced the complainant, a girl, to have sex with Prince Andrew against her will,” the document reads. Giuffre, now 38, also ensures that Andres abused her at Epstein’s mansion in New York and Little St. James, the financier’s private island in the Virgin Islands.

Prince Andrew’s position

Prince Andrew, 61, “categorically” denied the accusations in an interview with the BBC in November 2019. The member of the British Royal Household even expressed doubts about the authenticity of a photo in which he appears with Giuffre and, in the background, Maxwell, who is still in prison for the Epstein case.

Despite your refusals, his association with the American businessman forced him to retire from public life.

Maxwell pleaded not guilty in court in April to recruiting underage girls for Epstein.

The British monarchy was also rocked in March by an interview in which Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, accused the royal family of racism and harassment.