virginia roberts, now giuffre, with prince andrew on the left and ghislaine maxwell in the background. ms giuffre has accused prince andrew of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager at the homes ofjeffrey epstein, the convicted child sex offender, and ghislaine maxwell. prince andrew has consistently denied the allegations. the civil lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. two efforts to stall the case were blocked on saturday. us federaljudge lewis a kaplan told the prince s lawyers they must hand over key legal documents before a crucial court hearing in new york on tuesday. he also rejected arguments by the prince s lawyer, andrew brettler, that the lawsuit should be dismissed because ms giuffre, a us citizen, no longer lives in the us. this comes after ghislaine maxwell was convicted this week of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by her boyfriend, the late american financier
no one was injured and testing at the site has not been affected. ajudge in the united states has thrown out prince andrew s attempt to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit against him. the duke of york s lawyers had argued that virginia giuffre who has accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager lives in australia, so is not a us resident. prince andrew has consistently denied the allegations. aruna iyengar has this report. seen here at the age of 17, virginia roberts, now giuffre, with prince andrew on the left and ghislaine maxwell in the background. ms giuffre has accused prince andrew of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager at the homes ofjeffrey epstein, the convicted child sex offender, and ghislaine maxwell. prince andrew has consistently denied the allegations. the civil lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. two efforts to stall the case were blocked on saturday. us federaljudge lewis a kaplan told
that they must hand over key legal documents before a crucial court hearing in new york on tuesday. he also rejected arguments by the prince s lawyer that the lawsuit should be dismissed because ms giuffre, a us citizen, no longer lives in the us. this comes after ghislaine maxwell was convicted this week of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be abused by her boyfriend. on tuesday, judge kaplan will hear oral arguments to decide whether giuffre s lawsuit against prince andrew will proceed. a group of conservative mps and peers are calling on the prime minister to tackle the spiralling cost of living by scrapping the vat on energy bills and cutting environmental levies. five former ministers are among those calling for action in a letter to the sunday telegraph. it comes amid soaring wholesale gas
the prince s lawyers they must hand over key legal documents before a crucial court hearing in new york on tuesday. he also rejected arguments by the prince s lawyer, andrew brettler, that the lawsuit should be dismissed because ms giuffre, a us citizen, no longer lives in the us. this comes after ghislaine maxwell was convicted this week of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by her boyfriend, the late american financier jeffrey epstein, between 1994 and 200a. on tuesday, judge kaplan will hear oral arguments to decide whether virginia giuffre s lawsuit against prince andrew will proceed. aruna iyengar, bbc news. football supporters at this afternoon s match between chelsea and liverpool will be the first to take part in a safe standing trial.