about these allegations. what could happen perhaps next, and possibly the next round of discussions will be about whether a deal will be stroke. prince andrew could be forced to give evidence. won t be extradited and such to america but could be forced to give evidence. it so you might want to stop this process by seeking an agreement which would possibly mean paying money to virginia giuffre and come up money to virginia giuffre and come up with some form of words which would allow the steel to be settled out of court. in would allow the steel to be settled out of court- out of court. in front were not familiar with out of court. in front were not familiar with the out of court. in front were not familiar with the details - out of court. in front were not familiar with the details of. out of court. in front were not | familiar with the details of this case, just remind us what is being accused of happening some 20 years ago. there are three times in which ago. there are three tim
out on a technicality, that virginia giuffre had released all potential defendants for many lawsuit for the rest of time. the court has said that s not the right interpretation or that is not necessarily the right interpretation of a 2009 settlement and therefore that the case must go ahead. he is basically saying there is a case to answer here. here saying that he retracts prince andrew s lawyers contention that there is only one way to read this 2009 settlement and that one way is that prince andrew is released from all liability. thejudge has said clearly in the sort of that there are at least two interpretations of that settlement and what he says is that settlement and what he says is that virginia giuffre s interpretation of that settlement, which is much narrower, is also a possible interpretation. so what he s saying is that we need to go to trial, we need to understand, we need to have the argument about exactly what the settlement means and that he is notjust going to
certain. they have not said it publicly but behind the scenes they are acutely embarrassed to have prince andrew as their colonel. thank you very much. let s look into some of the background to this case. so what does he do now and what does the royal family do with him? after months during which andrew tried first to ignore the case then to avoid court papers being served on him and having finally appointed us lawyers to try to get the case dismissed, he finds himself facing some stark choices. his motion to get the case dismissed having failed, andrew s options amounts to this. he can settle out of court, they would be no admission of liability but he would pay a perhaps substantial sum to virginia giuffre. he can default, that is ignore the
context. so, those of the allegations that he will now have to face in . and that s something that i don t think he expected to come out of this and i think that is why it is really significant, because those sexual abuse allegations will be tested and virginia giuffre will get the chance to come before a court and make those allegations prince andrew. 50 court and make those allegations prince andrew. prince andrew. so interesting it. just reading prince andrew. so interesting it. just reading through prince andrew. so interesting it. just reading through the - prince andrew. so interesting it. j just reading through the wording prince andrew. so interesting it. i just reading through the wording of judge kaplan sjudgment, the 2009 decision cannot be said to benefit the duke of york. during a virtual hearing today, they said the duke of york was a potential defendant and the case should be dismissed. 0f the case should be dismissed. of course, that argument has won the day but th
accountable for her role in the crimes committed byjeffrey epstein and so i think this is an important time for accountability. i think the new york courts are certainly recognising that we have had decades of very little accountability in terms of these crimes. and so, i think it is really interesting that what we have seen from judge kaplan a lying some in a way, with what we saw from the jury in the ghislaine maxwell trial and it signals to me that the law is shifting its position on accountability for these types of crimes. and i think allowing this suit by virginia giuffre to go forward right after this conviction means that we were now finally no more and more about what happened injeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell s scheme. people will finally be held accountable in one form or another. that s why i