Prince Andrew failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was underage, and being trafficked by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Giuffre, 38, was entitled to pursue claims that Andrew battered her and intentionally caused her emotional distress.
While the claims have not been proven and the prince is not accused of criminal wrongdoing, his ties to Epstein have damaged his reputation and cost him many royal duties.Andrew has denied Giuffre's accusations that he forced her to have sex more than two decades ago at a London home of former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and abused her at Epstein's properties in Manhattan and the British Virgin Islands.
"We do not know what, if anything, went through the parties' minds," Kaplan wrote. "The parties have articulated at least two reasonable interpretations of the critical language. The agreement therefore is ambiguous." Kaplan also rejected Andrew's claim that letting Giuffre sue violated his due process rights under New York's constitution.
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