giuffre alleges he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. she is seeking unspecified damages but there is speculation that the sum could be in the millions of dollars. the breaking news again, the duke of york will be tried over allegations that he sexually assaulted virginia giuffre and she was underage after a us judge in new york has ruled that her civil lawsuit can be proceeded. in i m nowjoined in the studio for more on all of this. this is obviously a devastating news for prince andrew and the royal family? it s that the use he would have wanted to because his attempt to stop the trial has failed. what will happen now is the try will go ahead, possibly in the autumn in new york, before that, there is a phase of discovering which both sides of lawyers will try to get as much information as they can from each other. this can be a difficult and embarrassing position for prince entry because he will have to face very detailed and personal questions
we are cutting into that report was because we want to bring you some breaking news. the duke of york, prince andrew, will face a civil six case trial after a us judge dismissed of motion by his legal team to have the lawsuit thrown out. this of course in relation to these ongoing accusations against prince andrew and his involvement with jeffrey epstein. is motion to dismiss the lawsuit has been denied in new york. they have written a decision denying prince andrew s motion to stop the lawsuit. that news coming in. it s a story we have been covering in huge detail here at
deposition and ultimately a trial. at deposition, he would have a right to take the fifth amendment, do not say anything that would incriminate him criminally. he would have a basis for doing that, but that decision, of course, would hurt him in a civil case. that s a decision he would have to make very carefully. then, frankly, his lawyers have too seriously be considering the options for resolving this prior to those phases of this litigation. i can t imagine it s in prince andrew s interest for the details of his conduct to come out in the public domain. 50 the details of his conduct to come out in the public domain.- the details of his conduct to come out in the public domain. so you are or have been out in the public domain. so you are or have been a out in the public domain. so you are or have been a prosecutor out in the public domain. so you are or have been a prosecutor rather - or have been a prosecutor rather than a defence lawyer, if you were representing prince andre
gathering evidence to establish more facts and pin down this case. at the same time, there may be a dual track where people are talking about possibly a negotiated settlement outside of actually going to court. i think the big question now will be, what this actually go to court? that will depend on what prince andrew s team can offer financially and watch virginia giuffre s side will accept terms of an apology and form of written words which both can agree to. form of written words which both can aaree to. . ~ form of written words which both can aaree to. ., ,, ,., form of written words which both can aaree to. ., ,, agree to. thank you, we will come back to you agree to. thank you, we will come back to you later agree to. thank you, we will come back to you later for agree to. thank you, we will come back to you later for more - agree to. thank you, we will come | back to you later for more analysis. we will remind viewers of the breaking years we have just had to and from reu
prosecutor with the southern district of new york. first of all, your reaction to this judgment? i am your reaction to this udgment? i am not surprised. your reaction to this udgment? i am not surprised. i your reaction to thisjudgment? i am not surprised. i think your reaction to thisjudgment? i n not surprised. i think everything pointed to this outcome. the argument indicated that the judge is inclined to disallow this motion to dismiss and i expected the decision and it came quickly. i5 dismiss and i expected the decision and it came quickly. and it came quickly. is that partly because of and it came quickly. is that partly because of the and it came quickly. is that partly because of the judge s and it came quickly. is that partly. because of the judge s questioning of prince andrew s lawyers at the time or is it because of the basis of his case? the questioning of his lawyers was really to the point and expressed the judge s scepticism about the arguments. the argume