[ 2015-01-06 ]

Prince Andrew with Virginia Roberts, the woman at the centre of the sex allegations

Duke may be questioned over teenage ‘sex slave’
Prince Andrew may be questioned by US prosecutors
over claims that he lobbied on behalf of a
billionaire paedophile accused of supplying him
with an under-age “sex slave”.
The duke returned home yesterday from a Swiss
skiing holiday after the publication of
allegations by a woman who claimed that they had
had sex in London, New York and the Caribbean.
Virginia Roberts said that she had been paid
$15,000 by the American financier Jeffrey Epstein,
61, after having sex with the duke in a London
flat when she was 17. She claims that they slept
together in Epstein’s Manhattan home and at an
“orgy” on his private island.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said last night: “We
have not received an allegation in respect to this
matter at this stage. If we did receive a
complaint, we would investigate it.”
The claims emerged in papers filed by lawyers
acting for Ms Roberts and three other women who
said that they were abused by Epstein. They want
to overturn a deal with prosecutors that they
claim meant Epstein was charged with a fairly
minor offence while four women who might have
faced conspiracy allegations were given immunity.
Those granted immunity include Ghislaine Maxwell,
53, daughter of the disgraced press baron Robert
Maxwell. She owns the London home in which Ms
Roberts claims that she and the duke had sex.
The alleged immunity deal did not cover Prince
Andrew. The papers claim: “Maxwell facilitated
Prince Andrew’s acts of sexual abuse by acting
as a ‘madame’ for Epstein.”
If the legal challenge is successful, the
prosecution may be reopened and the duke asked to
give a statement. He does not face any criminal
charges or formal allegations and vehemently
denies any sexual contact or relationship with Ms
Roberts.
The duke has asked lawyers to examine media
reports. It is thought that he has no immediate
plans to see the Queen at Sandringham but they are
said to have spoken by telephone.
Miss Maxwell’s spokesman said: “Roberts’s
claims are obvious lies and should be treated as
such and not publicised as news, as they are
defamatory.”

Source - The Times(UK)

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