Britain's Prince Andrew failed to persuade a US judge to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.
In a decision made public on Wednesday, US district judge Lewis Kaplan said Giuffre could pursue claims that Andrew battered her and intentionally caused her emotional distress while the late financier Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking her.
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's troubles grew after critics said he failed in a 2019 BBCA spokesperson for Buckingham Palace declined to comment on Kaplan’s decision.
“We do not know what, if anything, went through the parties' minds” when drafting the settlement,” Kaplan wrote.
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