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
and all this follows that the decision, again by a court in new york, to find ghislaine maxwell guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls and have them sexually abused by the late financierjeffrey epstein. she was found guilty of five of the six counts she faced, including the most serious charge sheet phase, that of sex trafficking. that verdict was reached after five full days of deliberation by a 12 personjury in new york. this is a story that has captivated the world now for a very long time and this now the latest twist. .. , long time and this now the latest twist. , ~ ., , long time and this now the latest twist. , ~ , twist. exactly. and that s why i think this is twist. exactly. and that s why i think this is a twist. exactly. and that s why i think this is a really twist. exactly. and that s why i think this is a really significant | think this is a really significant judgment and i thinkjudge lewis kaplan will have taken a lot of time to think about this beca
against her second son in september. it s a long and detailed ruling from thejudge in the district it s a long and detailed ruling from the judge in the district court in new york. 43 pages of it. it finishes with these words, the defendant s motion is denied in all respects. so there we are, his attempt to have this case dismissed has failed and i think that was entirely predictable given the tenor of the exchanges in court last week when andrew s council was given a very hard time by the judge and when andrew s council was given a very hard time by thejudge and it appeared then that he was not being persuaded that there were grounds, these third party beneficial grounds which andrew s council pleaded on his behalf that he was entitled to, the judge has rejected his behalf that he was entitled to, thejudge has rejected all of his behalf that he was entitled to, the judge has rejected all of that so it now goes forward to the prospect of a civil trial in the
ruled that the civil lawsuit can proceed. 0f ruled that the civil lawsuit can proceed. of course, this is a huge blow for prince andrew, whose lawyer argued earlier this month that the case should be thrown out as mr giuffre had waived her right to pursue the duke by signing a confidential settlement with a disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. and the conclusion of his written ruling, judge kaplan said that for the foregoing reasons, the defendant s to dismiss the complaint or for a more definite statement is denied in all respects given the court s limited task of ruling on this motion, nothing in this opinion or previously in those proceedings properly may be construed as indicating a view with respect to the truth of the charges or counter charges or as to the intention of the parties entering into the 2009 agreement. this year is a period of
from judge kaplan a little bit earlier, how would you translate those legalese into normal speak for us lehmann? was a fairly unequivocal in his language? i us lehmann? was a fairly unequivocal in his language? in his language? i think so. it is important in his language? i think so. it is important to in his language? i think so. it is important to note in his language? i think so. it is important to note that - in his language? i think so. it is important to note that he s - in his language? i think so. it is important to note that he s not| important to note that he s not being unequivocal in terms of deciding what the meaning of the 2009 settlement is. we re not at the stage yet where he has to decide exactly what it is but he s unequivocal in saying that this argument by prince andrew, that there is only one interpretation and it releases prince hunter from liability is not right. so my reading from this is that he is very clear that there are at least two interpretations o