the civil case rests partly on this meeting in london, a night when virginia guiffre, here aged 17, says she was forced to have sex with prince andrew. it s something the prince has consistently denied. you can say categorically that you don t recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom at a house in belgravia? i can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened. do you recall any kind of sexual contact with her, then, or at any other time? none whatsoever. today in new york the lawyers battled in court for the first time. at the centre of their arguments, a deal struck between andrew s accuser and his formerfriend, jeffrey epstein. epstein paid virginia
battled in court for the first time. at the centre of their arguments, a deal struck between andrew s accuser and his former friend, jeffrey epstein. epstein paid virginia guiffre $500,000. their deal released any other person who could have been included as a potential defendant from further legal challenge by virginia guiffre. prince andrew s lawyers needed to persuade the judge that the 2009 deal covered the prince. the court heard.